Little is known about this person; we don't even know his name. He is only known to have four works to his name, and apparently comes from Cheshire. Who is he?

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The "Pearl Poet", or the "Gawain Poet", is the name given to the author of Pearl, an alliterative poem written in Middle English. Its author appears also to have been the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, and Cleanness; some scholars have suggested he may also have composed Saint Erkenwald. Save for the latter (found in BL-MS Harley 2250), all these works are known from a single surviving manuscript, the British Library holding Cotton Nero A x. All four poems of the Cotton Nero A.x manuscript are in the same Middle English dialect of Cheshire in North-West England. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Poet Aug 13 06, 10:58 AM

smartie806

Yes, gdec! It is the mysterious Pearl Poet. Aug 13 06, 1:25 PM

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