Tag Archives: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A Camelot Knight with One Year to Live

By Robin Bates | Published: May 12, 2009

Before talking about how Sir Gawain and the Green Knight came to my aid following Justin’s death, let me go through it (for those of you haven’t read it or haven’t read it recently), focusing especially on the way it handles the topic of death. The poem is in the top five of my “favorite […]

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The Death of My Oldest Son

By Robin Bates | Published: May 11, 2009

I am devoting this week to a work that came to my aid when I was dealing with the death of my oldest son nine years ago. I will introduce you to Justin and then describe how a medieval romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, helped give me images and a framework for the […]

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