Was the Pearl Poet in Aquitaine with Chaucer? A Note on 'Fade,' Line 149 of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
- Author / Editor
- Revard, Carter.
Was the Pearl Poet in Aquitaine with Chaucer? A Note on 'Fade,' Line 149 of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'
- Published
- SELIM 11 (2001-2002): 5-26.
- Description
- Proposes that "fade" is an "Anglicized form of Occitan "fado"/"fada" and therefore further evidence that the "Gawain" or "Pearl" Poet served in Aquitaine, associated with military and/or diplomatic exploits, as did Chaucer. Proposes several possible names to identify the poet, and suggests that their time in Aquitaine may indicate close relations between Chaucer and the Pearl Poet.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Chaucer's Life
- Sources, Analogues, and Literary Relations