Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and acknowledgements viii
4. Abbreviations x
5. Introduction: Signposts on the trail of the Gawain-poet 1
6. Chapter 1 Pearl, the jeweller’s dream 16
7. Chapter 2 The difficulty of Cleanness 73
8. Chapter 3 Patience and the Book of Jonah 124
9. Chapter 4 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an alternative romance? 168
10. Appendix: some biographical and contextual speculations 224
11. Select bibliography 232
12. Index 246