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This Norton Critical Edition includes:Havelok, Ywain and Gawain, Of Kyng Robert of Cisyle, Hou Pride dude Him Begyle, Sir Orfeo, Sir Launfal, Athelston, The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne, The Weddyng of Syr Gawen and Dame Ragnell for Helpyng of Kyng Arthoure, The Grene Knight, The Sege off MelayneThe Taill of Rauf Coilyear, How He Harbreit King Charlis.A thorough introduction accompanied by updated and expanded explanatory footnotes by Stephen H. A. Shepherd.In “Sources and Backgrounds,” detailed contextualizing headnotes and comparative analogues (many complete) for each of the eleven romances.In “Criticism,” eight essays—four new to the Second Edition—that help students analyze the themes of Middle English romances.An updated selected bibliography Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Stephen H. A. Shepherd is a professor of English at Loyola Marymount University. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Queen's University at Kingston and his doctorate from the University of Oxford. His honors include fellowships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Bibliographical Society of America, and the Huntington Library. He is the editor of the Early English Text Society edition of Turpines Story and of the Norton Critical Edition of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur, and he is a coeditor of the Norton Critical Edition of William Langland's Piers Plowman. The primary focus of his research and publication is the critical, codicological, and historical contexts of medieval English literature.