Episode 22: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By Amanda MacFarlane
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Episode Summary
Join us this month for some courtly conversation and curious commentary about Tolkien’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And as always, amusing alliterations are appreciated!
Citations
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Tolkien Gateway “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight_ (edition)
Wikipedia “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” Accessed March 10, 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
Wikipedia “Cotton Library” Accessed April 22, 2020.
Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. Print. Rpt. Mariner Books, 2005. Print.
“Galadriel and Morgan Le Fey: Tolkien’s Redemption of the Lady of the Lacuna” by Susan Carter published in Mythlore Vol 25 Number 3/4 (spring-summer 2007).
JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, HaperCollins e-books.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: an introduction by Simon Armitage, Published Jan 31, 2018, https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-an-introduction (Accessed April 22, 2020).
BBC Documentary:” Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
https://youtu.be/74glI1lg1CQ (Accessed April 20, 2020)
Gawain and the Green Knight 1973 movie
https://youtu.be/fBEv8xjBJf8 (Accessed April 23, 2020)
Emily Cheeseman’s Gawain and the Green Knight:
http://emilycheeseman.com/greenknight/ (Accessed April 23, 2020)
Episode URL
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