Courtesy and the "Gawain"-Poet.

Author / Editor
Brewer, D. S.

Title
Courtesy and the "Gawain"-Poet.

Published
John Lawlor, ed. Patterns of Love and Courtesy: Essays in Memory of C. S. Lewis (London: Edward Arnold, 1966), pp. 54-85.

Description
Examines the meaning and significance of "courtesy" in the works of the "Gawain"-poet, and includes comments on characterization (as a matter of role rather than personality) in Chaucer's works, along with an excursus on "hende" that focuses on Chaucer's uses of the term, especially in MilT.

Alternative Title
Patterns of Love and Courtesy.

Chaucer Subjects
Background and General Criticism
Miller and His Tale
Language and Word Studies