Here’s a picture and link to my most recent publication, a chapter in Becoming the #PearlPoet , edited by Jane Beal. It’s about the question of who might have written the #Pearl and #Gawain poems, and what we might say about him/her with the limited information we have:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Pearl-Poet-Perceptions-Connections-Receptions/dp/1793646759/
(Yes, it’s an expensive academic book: see if your library has a copy.)
#Introduction 3/4

I’m celebrating #NewYearsDay the traditional way — by finally fulfilling my year-long obligation to let the giant Green Man who lives in the chapel down the road take a swing at me with his axe.

#Gawain #GreenKnight #GawainDay

On New Year’s Eve, the last day of Sir Gawain’s stay at Bertilak’s castle, Lord Bertilak hunts an elusive fox named Reynard — a reference to a trickster character from a popular series of medieval beast tales.
I assume Reynard is also the inspiration for the talking fox in the Green Knight movie, which isn’t named and which Bertilak captures and releases, so it can warn Gawain to run from his fate.
#NewYearsEve #Gawain #GreenKnight #Reynard

My theory: the day was so holy and somber, the #GawainPoet took it for granted that no one would be feasting, hunting, or playing games then, so he simply left it out of the poem and fast-forwarded to the start of Gawain and Bertilak’s exchange game. But who knows [shrug emoji].

#Childermas #FeastOfTheHolyInnocents #Gawain

Today is December 27th, Saint John’s Day.
On this day in history, Lord Bertilak looked across the table at Sir Gawain and said, “Enough of this Christmas feasting. Let’s get down to business: hunting and playing an exchange game while you await your certain death!”

#SaintJohnsDay #Gawain #Bertilak #Christmas

I like to celebrate Christmas Eve the traditional way — feasting on a dozen different types of fish at my friend Bertilak’s place.
The wine flows freely, everyone looks beautiful (except one), and the holiday games are *crazy*.

#Bertilak #Gawain #GreenKnight #Christmas #ChristmasEve

#62 John Matthews - Gawain: Knight of the Goddess - Restoring an Archetype. The Aquarian Press, London, 1992, 1st paperback edition. #Gawain #ArthurianLegends #JohnMatthews #TheAquarianPress #BookOfTheDay

And last, by way of introduction ... here’s a link to an article I wrote a few years ago for a blog, which talks about one of the classes I like to teach: Tolkien’s Medieval English Sources. It’s about The Lord of the Rings, the Gawain-Poet, Shakespeare, these weird medieval creatures called “woodwoses,” and lots of other connections:
https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2018/02/14/wood-woses-tolkiens-wild-men-and-the-green-knight-by-ethan-campbell/
#Tolkien #LordoftheRings #medieval #literature #Gawain #GawainPoet #Shakespeare #woodwoses

And last, by way of introduction ... here’s a link to an article I wrote a few years ago for a blog, which talks about one of the classes I like to teach: Tolkien’s Medieval English Sources. It’s about The Lord of the Rings, the Gawain-Poet, Shakespeare, these weird medieval creatures called “woodwoses,” and lots of other connections:
https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2018/02/14/wood-woses-tolkiens-wild-men-and-the-green-knight-by-ethan-campbell/
#Tolkien #LordoftheRings #medieval #literature #Gawain #GawainPoet #Shakespeare #woodwoses

Here’s a picture and link to my most recent publication, a chapter in Becoming the Pearl-Poet, edited by Jane Beal. It’s about the question of who might have written the Pearl and Gawain poems, and what we might say about him even if we don’t know his name:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Pearl-Poet-Perceptions-Connections-Receptions/dp/1793646759/
(Yes, it’s an academic book and very expensive ... see if your library has a copy.)
#medieval #PearlPoet #GawainPoet #Gawain

Here’s a picture and link to my most recent publication, a chapter in Becoming the Pearl-Poet, edited by Jane Beal. It’s about the question of who might have written the Pearl and Gawain poems, and what we might say about him even if we don’t know his name:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Pearl-Poet-Perceptions-Connections-Receptions/dp/1793646759/
(Yes, it’s an academic book and very expensive ... see if your library has a copy.)
#medieval #PearlPoet #GawainPoet #Gawain

Here’s a link to my book, The Gawain-Poet and the 14th-Century English Anticlerical Tradition, from Medieval Institute Publications. It’s about how medieval priests behaved very badly, and how a lot of people, including the author of the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, criticized and made fun of them:
https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Poet-Fourteenth-Century-Anticlerical-Tradition-Research/dp/1580443079
#medieval #Gawain #GawainPoet #anticlericalism

Here’s a link to my book, The Gawain-Poet and the 14th-Century English Anticlerical Tradition, from Medieval Institute Publications. It’s about how medieval priests behaved very badly, and how a lot of people, including the author of the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, criticized and made fun of them:
https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Poet-Fourteenth-Century-Anticlerical-Tradition-Research/dp/1580443079
#medieval #Gawain #GawainPoet #anticlericalism

Hi, Mastodon folks – my name is Ethan.

I live in Brooklyn, NY. I’m an English professor at The King’s College, where I teach all kinds of writing and literature, from Shakespeare to Russian novels to Southern lit. Most of my published writing is about medieval literature, namely from 14th-century England (Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, John Wyclif, etc.). I also like to write fiction.

#Brooklyn #English #literature #writing #Shakespeare #RussianLit #SouthernLit #medieval #Chaucer #Gawain #fiction

Hi, Mastodon folks – my name is Ethan.

I live in Brooklyn, NY. I’m an English professor at The King’s College, where I teach all kinds of writing and literature, from Shakespeare to Russian novels to Southern lit. Most of my published writing is about medieval literature, namely from 14th-century England (Chaucer, the Gawain-Poet, John Wyclif, etc.). I also like to write fiction.

#Brooklyn #English #literature #writing #Shakespeare #RussianLit #SouthernLit #medieval #Chaucer #Gawain #fiction

I am hugely proud of the post I wrote this morning about Yule traditions, mythology, and symbolism. If you love holly, berries, wassailing, and the old gods, I think you’ll enjoy it.

https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2022/12/03/anarchic-yule/

#WarOnChristmas #Yule #anarchy #Gawain #mumming #mayhem #Pagan #Cailleach #Krampus #OldFatherFrost #MotherHolda #Modranecht #MariLwyd

I am hugely proud of the post I wrote this morning about Yule traditions, mythology, and symbolism. If you love holly, berries, wassailing, and the old gods, I think you’ll enjoy it.

https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2022/12/03/anarchic-yule/

#WarOnChristmas #Yule #anarchy #Gawain #mumming #mayhem #Pagan #Cailleach #Krampus #OldFatherFrost #MotherHolda #Modranecht #MariLwyd

Question: if myself and @M_D_Penman@twitter.com were to reprint our Sir #Gawain and #TheGreenKnight Graphic Novel adaptation in a larger, delux, edition, would you be interested in purchasing?

I nut for baby butt.

Thank you, @TeamPervy for the references ❤️ Much love to you two btw.
#baby #shota #loli #ahegao #anal #facial #SevenDeadlySins #FourKnightsoftheApocalypse #Gawain #Tristan #squirting