Excerpt from The Legend of Sir Gawain: Studies Upon Its Original Scope and Significance IN presenting these Studies to the public a few words of explanation may be necessary. They were undertaken solely with the Object stated in the Introductory Chapter that of throwing light upon the Arthurian cycle as a whole, by ascertaining, if possible, what was the precise nature of the tradition originally associated with the knight who played so important a part in that cycle. Ihad formed no definite conclusion on the subject - the results, such as they are, have evolved themselves naturally and inevitably in the course of careful study and comparison of the difl'erent stories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.