Sir Gawain And The Faerie Queene

“Good artist borrow great artist steal,” (Picasso) This statement rings true throughout all forms of art including literature. It reflects why we can find similarities in different pieces of literature despite being written by different people, at different times, in different places. Throughout history authors have borrowed themes, ideas, genres, and even characters from each other, this is true of the three works the author has chosen to examine. By using genre criticism the similarities between these works become rather obvious. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The faerie Queene, and The Rape of the Lock, are all works written by different authors at very different times, yet they are all heroic satires with slightly off beat characters