Detail of Lady Bertilak sneaking into Sir Gawain's bed from MS. Cotton Nero A. x, fol. 125r (pencil foliation 129r) © British Library Board.
Gawain’s Goat against Women:
Misogynist, Francophobe or Foul-Mouthed Tinker?
Sophia Ray van Bennekom
Literary Master’s Thesis
First Reader: Dr. Nadia van Pelt
Second Reader: Dr. Nienke Venderbosch
1 June 2015
Table of Contents
Introduction……….1
Chapter I The Research to Date on the Anti-feminist Rant………5
Chapter II Application of New Literary Theory and Critical Analysis………20
Chapter III The Remaining Gap………39
Conclusion………...….54
