Tag Archives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Connecting Art to Life

By Robin Bates | Published: December 17, 2014

In a lovely introduction to a reading I gave the other night, my son Toby examined the value of the liberal arts.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 6, 2014

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

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.

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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By Robin Bates | Published: May 20, 2014

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

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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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.

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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By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2013

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