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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Start date: April 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

Why we're reading this: April 2019 Old School Classic Group Read
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Jan 03, 2024 caroline rated it it was amazing

For this version I recommend reading the poem first on its own and then reading the introduction.
The intro kind of takes the fun out of a cold read, but still has a lot of good info in there.

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Sep 18, 2015 lethe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: g-myths-legends, d-17th-c-and-prior, a-adult, l-translation, c-record-correct, l-eng, z-reread, p-owned, g-poetry, g-arthurian

A couple of quotes:

Time races on, nothing remains unchanged;
Our endings are seldom welcome to our beginnings.

The year dwindles, all days are yesterdays.

(P. 38 and 39)

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Apr 29, 2019 Rachel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: not-so-contemporary-fiction, poetry

I first read this in 10th grade when I was not at all captivated by medieval life or its literature. Coming to this as an adult with a much better understanding of the complexity and nuance of medieval thought and a deeper appreciation of English language development made it worth revisiting. Armitage's rollicking alliterative translation made it a 5-star reading experience that I'm sure I'll come back to again. ...more

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