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Cleanness

Cleanness (Middle English: Clannesse) is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the Pearl Poet or Gawain Poet, also appears, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Patience, and may have also composed St. Erkenwald.

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Genre
Poem, didactic, homiletic and alliterative verse
Author(s)
The Gawain Poet (anonymous)
Date
late 14th century
First printed edition
1864 Richard Morris
Language
Middle English, North West Midlands dialect
Length
1812 lines

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Cleanness

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples117
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
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Cleanness

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related to Commentary and criticism · 60
Cleanness → Benson, Bernard, Chivalric Literature, Clannesse, Columbia, Connecticut, Desire, DS Brewer, Earl, Effective Sign, Elizabeth, Essays, Fourteenth Century, Hamilton, In, In The Alliterative Tradition, Irwin, Its Contexts, John Leyerle, Judgment
related to Editions · 27
Cleanness → Andrew, Berkeley, Broadview Press, California Press, Garland Pub, Gustafson, ISBN, Kevin, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Malcolm, Middle English, Modern English, New York, ON, Pearl Manuscript, Peterborough, Ronald, Text
related to Narrative · 14
Cleanness → Adam, Angels, Eve, Fall, Following, Gen, God, God's, Great Banquet, He, Noah, Parable, The, This
related to Genre and poetics · 3
Cleanness → Alliteration, It, The
Author(s) · 1
Cleanness → The Gawain Poet (anonymous)
Date · 1
Cleanness → late 14th century
First printed edition · 1
Cleanness → 1864 Richard Morris
Genre · 1
Cleanness → Poem, didactic, homiletic and alliterative verse
Language · 1
Cleanness → Middle English, North West Midlands dialect
Length · 1
Cleanness → 1812 lines

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manuscript poet pearl gawain poem english poems cotton nero exemplum patience middle century dialect author alliterative known also lines isbn

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CleannessAuthor(s)The Gawain Poet (anonymous)1.00infobox
CleannessDatelate 14th century1.00infobox
CleannessFirst printed edition1864 Richard Morris1.00infobox
CleannessGenrePoem, didactic, homiletic and alliterative verse1.00infobox
CleannessLanguageMiddle English, North West Midlands dialect1.00infobox
CleannessLength1812 lines1.00infobox
CleannessManuscript(s)Cotton Nero A.x.1.00infobox
CleannessProvenanceHenry Savile, Yorkshire1.00infobox
CleannessSeriestogether with Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Patience1.00infobox
CleannessSubjectVirtues of cleanliness and delights of married love1.00infobox
CleannessVerse formAlliterative Revival1.00infobox
Cleannessis adescription of the virtues of cleanliness of body and the delights of married love0.90text

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