Identity area
Reference code
AdamsDN/1/4/2/20
Unique identifier
GB 275 AdamsDN/1/4/2/20
Title
The Pearl-poet.
Date(s)
- October 1971-June 1973 (Circa.) (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
7 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1952-2001)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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Essay on Pearl: 'The significance of the Pearl herself is symbolic rather than allegorical'. Typescript with manuscript corrections and a concluding annotation.
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Essay on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: 'The descriptions of nature, of the seasons, of the hunt, all that glorious scene painting are in fact irrelevant to Sir Gawain's progress, physical and spiritual'. Adams opens with the suggestion that the quotation 'was specially dreamed up for the purpose of having the word "discuss" tacked on after it, for it seems to be almost insupportable'. Typescript with one manuscript correction.