A dying friend decided to read, in his last months, Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time.” As I read it, I’m beginning to understand why.
Tag Archives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Green Knight Film? Ugh!
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is a profound meditation on death and a comic masterpiece. The film about it? Not so much.
Sir Gawain and Classroom Silences
Silence in the classroom can feel unbearable. Like Camelot silence in the face of the Green Knight.
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Summer Solstice Unleashes Dark Forces
Early works of Brit Lit used summer solstice imagery to explore clashes between Christian England and its pagan past.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Geoffrey Chaucer, Midsummer Night's Dream, summer solstice, Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Facing the Cold
Imagine being a knight in armor (Sir Gawain) and getting pounded by the recent snow and freezing temperatures.
Peeped Most Piteously for Pain of the Cold
With our first snowfall, birds are swarming our feeders, bringing to mind a passage from “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” and an Oliver Herford lyric.
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Choose Life over Needless Sacrifice
Trump wants people to gamble with their lives to open up the economy. These works remind us that life is too precious to be sqandered this way.
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The Green Knight on Handling Death
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is one of the most profound works I know for dealing with death.
