Tag Archives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

10 Famous Fetish Objects in Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2014

Literature is filled with fetish objects that take on outsized significance to various characters.

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Sexual Misconduct in the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: November 3, 2014

A sexual misconduct course required of all employees got me thinking of problematic situations in the books that I teach.

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Sir Gawain & the ISIS Beheadings

By Robin Bates | Published: September 29, 2014

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” helps us understand the horror we feel at the ISIS beheadings.

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Warning Labels for the Classics

By Robin Bates | Published: May 20, 2014

Suggestions that certain classics come with “trigger warnings” leads of the following reflection.

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An Afghan Vet’s Green Knight Encounter

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2014

An Afghan vet found his war experience captured by “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

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Is Peyton Manning Pitted against Puck?

By Robin Bates | Published: February 1, 2014

Tomorrow’s Super Bowl drama may be forces of order vs. forces of chaos. Or it may involve Denver trying to outwit a trickster Puck-like team.

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Green Knight’s Lessons on Death & Dying

By Robin Bates | Published: September 10, 2013

My next book will be on what “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” teaches us about death and dying.

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Prevent Sexual Assault with Literature

By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2013

If men are to overcome their predatory natures, they must become gentle-men. Literature can help.

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The Meaning of Soldiers and Sex

By Robin Bates | Published: May 28, 2013

My father’s tales of soldiers’ sexual experience in World War II remind me of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

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