Alliterative Revival
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The Alliterative Revival was a 14th-century resurgence of alliterative verse in Middle English poetry, particularly in the Midlands and North, that produced major works like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middle English alliterative tradition | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English literary phenomenon
ⓘ
literary movement ⓘ poetic movement ⓘ |
| associatedAuthor |
The Gawain Poet
ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Poet
William Langland ⓘ |
| associatedGenre |
didactic poetry
ⓘ
historical poetry ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ romance ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
French-influenced rhymed verse
ⓘ
rhyme-royal stanza ⓘ |
| country | England ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
development of Middle English dialects
ⓘ
post-Norman Conquest England ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anglo-Saxon literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Anglo-Saxon poetic tradition
Old English alliterative verse ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
provided major works of Middle English poetry
ⓘ
revived native English alliterative tradition ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
English literature
ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ
surface form:
Middle English poetry
|
| metricalFeature |
alliteration on stressed syllables
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strong stress meter ⓘ variable line length ⓘ |
| poeticForm | alliterative verse ⓘ |
| producedWork |
Alliterative Morte Arthure
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Cleanness ⓘ Patience ⓘ Pearl ⓘ Piers Plowman ⓘ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ The Awntyrs off Arthure ⓘ The Destruction of Troy ⓘ The Fall of Princes ⓘ
surface form:
The Parlement of the Thre Ages
Siege of Jerusalem (1187) ⓘ
surface form:
The Siege of Jerusalem
Winner and Waster ⓘ |
| region |
English Midlands
ⓘ
Northern England ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
degree of regional limitation
ⓘ
extent of continuity with Old English verse ⓘ |
| theme |
Arthurian legend
ⓘ
Christian morality ⓘ biblical narrative ⓘ chivalry ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
14th century
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late Middle Ages ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pearl (poem)
this entity surface form:
Middle English alliterative tradition