The Gawain Poet

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Middle English author anonymous writer medieval English poet

The Gawain Poet is the anonymous 14th-century English poet best known for composing the Middle English alliterative masterpiece "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and several related religious and allegorical works.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Pearl Poet 14
Gawain Poet 9
The Gawain Poet canonical 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle English author ⓘ
anonymous writer ⓘ
medieval English poet ⓘ
activeInCentury 14th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 14th century ⓘ
alternativeName The Gawain Poet ⓘ
surface form: Pearl Poet
associatedManuscript Cotton Nero A.x ⓘ
authorshipStatus anonymous ⓘ
criticalReputation one of the greatest Middle English poets ⓘ
dialect Northwest Midlands Middle English ⓘ
floruit c. 1375–1400 ⓘ
genre allegorical poetry ⓘ
alliterative poetry ⓘ
chivalric romance ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ
historicalContext Alliterative Revival ⓘ
influenced later Arthurian literature ⓘ
modern adaptations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
language Middle English ⓘ
literaryMovement Alliterative Revival ⓘ
surface form: Middle English alliterative tradition
nationality English ⓘ
notableWork Cleanness ⓘ
Patience ⓘ
Pearl ⓘ
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ
regionAssociatedWith Northwest Midlands of England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation likely Roman Catholic ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Christian
settingOfNotableWork King Arthur's court ⓘ
surface form: Arthurian court (for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight)
styleCharacteristic alliterative long line ⓘ
complex stanza forms ⓘ
rich symbolism ⓘ
vivid natural imagery ⓘ
subjectOf Middle English literary scholarship ⓘ
theme chivalry ⓘ
courtly love ⓘ
divine grace ⓘ
moral testing ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
sin and repentance ⓘ
spiritual vision ⓘ
uncertainFact real personal name unknown ⓘ
workCollectionLocation Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection ⓘ
surface form: British Library Cotton Nero A.x manuscript
workForm dream vision (for Pearl) ⓘ
narrative poem ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Middle English → hasNotableAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
The Gawain Poet → alternativeName → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Ricardian poets → hasNotableMember → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
Bertilak de Hautdesert → workAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Bertilak de Hautdesert → workAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Lady Bertilak → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Lady Bertilak → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Cotton Nero A.x → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Cotton Nero A.x → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Pearl → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearl (poem)
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Pearl → alternativeNameForAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearl (poem)
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Patience → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Patience → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Cleanness → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Alliterative Revival → associatedAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Northwest Midlands of England → associatedWithAuthor → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
pentangle → describedBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain-poet
Lord of Hautdesert → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Lord of Hautdesert → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gawain Poet
Purity → author → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
Purity → associatedWith → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet
the Pearl-maiden → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
subject surface form: Pearl-maiden
this entity surface form: Pearl-poet (Gawain-poet)
Lord Bertilak → createdBy → The Gawain Poet ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pearl Poet