romances

Presents translations of three medieval English poems, including the Arthurian Romance "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"; "Pearl, " an elegy on the death of a young child; and "Sir Orfeo, " the story of a king who goes into exile after his wife is stolen by magic.

Erec, the new knight of the Round Table, hunts the White Stag in the Forest of Adventure.

An annotated edition of the late-medieval epic poem about a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening challenge at King Arthur's court, which Sir Gawain attempts to meet; presented in side-by-side Middle and modern English.