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The jeaste of Sir Gawain
Titre: | The jeaste of syr Gawayne (ms. Douce, expl.); The jeaste of Sir Gawain; The jest of Sir Gawaine |
Date: | Seconde moitié du XVe siècle |
Langue: | Anglais |
Genre: | Roman |
Forme: | 541 vers |
Contenu: | Récit des aventures du chevalier Gauvain s'inspirant probablement de deux épisodes relatés dans la Première continuation du Conte du Graal. |
Incipit: | And sayde, "I dreede no threte; I have founde youe here in my chase." And in hys armes he gan her brace, with kyssynge of mowthes sweete… |
Explicit: | … and in hye heaven to be dwellynge; and that we all maye, upon domesdaye, come to the blysse that lasteth aye, where we maye here thy Aungels synge. Amen. Here endeth the Jeaste of Syr Gawayne. |
Manuscrits
- London, British Library, Harley, 5927, n° 32
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Douce, 261, f. 15r-25v [⇛ Description]
Éditions anciennes
- The jest of Sir Gawaine
[London], Joyn Butler, [vers 1528]
- The jest of Sir Gawaine
[London], [John Mychell pour Johan Butler], [vers 1530-1532]
- The jest of Sir Gawaine
London, Thomas Petyt, [vers 1540]
Éditions modernes
- Syr Gawayne; a Collection of Ancient Romance-Poems, by Scotish and English Authors, Relating to that Celebrated Knight of the Round Table, with an introduction, notes, and a glossary. By Sir Frederic Madden, London, Taylor, 1839, lxix + 431 p. (ici p. 207-223) [GB] [IA]
- The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, éd. Francis James Child, New York, Houghton, Mifflin, and Company, 1884-1898, 5 t. — Réimpr.: New York, Dover Publications, 1965.
- Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales, edited by Thomas Hahn, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications (Middle English Texts), 1995, xi + 439 p. [lib.rochester.edu]
Traductions modernes
- en anglais:
- The Knightly Tales of Sir Gawain, with introductions and translations by Louis B. Hall, Chicago, Nelson-Hall, 1976, [v] + 186 p. (ici p. 109-125) [IA]
Études
- Ackerman, Robert W., « The Gest of Sir Gawain », Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages: A Collaborative History, éd. Roger Sherman Loomis, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1959 [réimpr.: 1961; 1967; 1974; 1979; London, 2001], p. 500-501.
- Bennett, R. E., « The sources of The Jeaste of Syr Gawayne », The Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 33:1, 1934, p. 57-63. [jstor.org] DOI: 10.2307/2855909
Répertoires bibliographiques
Rédaction: Laurent Brun
Dernière mise à jour: 2 décembre 2018
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