Hahn, Thomas, ed. (1995). "The Carle of Carlisle: Introduction". Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University. ISBN 978-1-879288-59-1. Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial and Popular Antiquities (Volume I Only) Which book should I read next? (I have a list of series / authors I am trying to get caught up with before I dive into my Pride month TBR) a b Goldhurst, William (November 1958). "The Green and the Gold: The Major Theme of Gawain and the Green Knight". College English. 20 (2): 61–65. doi: 10.2307/372161. JSTOR 372161.

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According to Queer scholar Richard Zeikowitz, the Green Knight represents a threat to homosocial friendship in his medieval world. Zeikowitz argues that the narrator of the poem seems entranced by the Knight's beauty, homoeroticising him in poetic form. The Green Knight's attractiveness challenges the homosocial rules of King Arthur's court and poses a threat to their way of life. Zeikowitz also states that Gawain seems to find Bertilak as attractive as the narrator finds the Green Knight. Bertilak, however, follows the homosocial code and develops a friendship with Gawain. Gawain's embracing and kissing Bertilak in several scenes thus represents not a homosexual but a homosocial expression. Men of the time often embraced and kissed, and this was acceptable under the chivalric code. Nonetheless, Zeikowitz claims the Green Knight blurs the lines between homosociality and homosexuality, representing the difficulty medieval writers sometimes had in separating the two. [102] The stories The Girl with the Mule (alternately titled The Mule Without a Bridle) and Hunbaut [ fr] feature Gawain in beheading game situations. In Hunbaut, Gawain cuts off a man's head and, before he can replace it, removes the magic cloak keeping the man alive, thus killing him. Several stories tell of knights who struggle to stave off the advances of women sent by their lords as a test; these stories include Yder, the Lancelot-Grail, Hunbaut, and The Knight with the Sword. The last two involve Gawain specifically. Usually, the temptress is the daughter or wife of a lord to whom the knight owes respect, and the knight is tested to see whether or not he will remain chaste in trying circumstances. [14] Burns, E. Jane (October 2001). "Courtly Love: Who Needs It? Recent Feminist Work in the Medieval French Tradition". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 27 (1): 23–57. doi: 10.1086/495669. S2CID 144087758. See also: Blue–green distinction in language §Celtic In the 15th-century Saint Wolfgang and the Devil by Michael Pacher, the Devil is green. Poetic contemporaries such as Chaucer also drew connections between the colour green and the devil, leading scholars to draw similar connections in readings of the Green Knight. [43]Will longs to be a knight, like his older brother Gavin. Then he could ride a charger, fight bravely in the Crusades for King Richard, and win the heart of a fair maiden. All he needs is a horse. And when he chooses one, he chooses well - a small chestnut stallion with a blaze on its forehead. There's something different about Hosanna - but Will doesn't know how important Hosanna will be to him, to his family, even to Saladin. Lewis, John S. (1959). "Gawain and the Green Knight". College English. 21 (1): 50–51. doi: 10.2307/372446. ISSN 0010-0994. JSTOR 372446. Simpson, James (2007). "A Note on Middle English Meter". Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. By Armitage, Simon. New York: Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06048-5. Old England: a pictorial musuem of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities. Volume 2 (1859) [Leatherbound] Borroff, Marie (2001). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl: Verse Translations. New York: Norton. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-393-97658-8.

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Tavis isn’t a “knight” proper, but she is a soldier and a swordmaiden, sworn to her country’s defense until she sees the ugly realities of her own privileged upbringing. This prequel to A Stranger in Olondria tells a wide-ranging story of fights both personal and political. The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon The berserker rage can still rise and overwhelm him, but with no holy purpose behind it. Co-protagonist Grace is a perfumer, well nigh indomitable but struggling to overcome her own traumatic past. Throw them together and add... comedy and romance? a b Hulbert, J. R. (1916). "Syr Gawayn and the Grene Knyȝt-(Concluded)". Modern Philology. 13 (12): 689–730. doi: 10.1086/387032. ISSN 0026-8232. JSTOR 432749. S2CID 162395954. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities Volume no. 2 2 [LeatherBound]Queer scholar Carolyn Dinshaw argues that the poem may have been a response to accusations that Richard II had a male lover—an attempt to re-establish the idea that heterosexuality was the Christian norm. Around the time the poem was written, the Catholic Church was beginning to express concerns about kissing between males. Many religious figures were trying to make the distinction between strong trust and friendship between males and homosexuality. She asserts that the Pearl Poet seems to have been simultaneously entranced and repulsed by homosexual desire. According to Dinshaw, in his other poem Cleanness, he points out several grievous sins, but spends lengthy passages describing them in minute detail, and she sees this alleged' obsession' as carrying over to Gawain in his descriptions of the Green Knight. [103] Late at night, while everyone is sleeping, dreaming of white knights and fairytales. I’m making friends with the monsters. An analogy is also made between Gawain's trial and the Biblical test that Adam encounters in the Garden of Eden. Adam succumbs to Eve just as Gawain surrenders to Bertilak's wife by accepting the girdle. [80] Although Gawain sins by putting his faith in the girdle and not confessing when he is caught, the Green Knight pardons him, thereby allowing him to become a better Christian by learning from his mistakes. [82] Through the various games played and hardships endured, Gawain finds his place within the Christian world. Tambling, J. (1981). "A More Powerful Life: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The Haltwhistle Quarterly: An Irregular Review. 9.

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Sheltered and groomed for a future as a noble’s wife, Princess Eya envies the limitless opportunities men have—until they leave to defend their country and never return. Feminist literary critics see the poem as portraying women's ultimate power over men. Morgan le Fay and Bertilak's wife, for example, are the most powerful characters in the poem—Morgan especially, as she begins the game by enchanting the Green Knight. The girdle and Gawain's scar can be seen as symbols of feminine power, each of them diminishing Gawain's masculinity. Gawain's misogynist passage, [83] in which he blames all his troubles on women and lists the many men who have fallen prey to women's wiles, further supports the feminist view of ultimate female power in the poem. [84] Mills, M. (1970). "Christian Significance and Roman Tradition in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". In Howard, Donald R.; Zacher, Christian (eds.). Critical Studies of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2ed.). Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press. pp.85–105. ISBN 978-0681229716. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo. Translated by Tolkien, J. R. R. London: Allen & Unwin. 1975. p.92. ISBN 9780048210357. a b c Rowley, Sharon M. (2003). "Textual Studies, Feminism, and Performance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The Chaucer Review. 38 (2): 158–177. doi: 10.1353/cr.2003.0022. ISSN 1528-4204. S2CID 147999222.Heng, Geraldine (1991). "Feminine Knots and the Other Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 106 (3): 500–514. doi: 10.2307/462782. ISSN 0030-8129. JSTOR 462782. S2CID 164079661. Thorn, Maxen and twin brothers Jax and Drax are intrigued by the woman. It becomes something of instalove and they form an instant connection which results in an interesting even if dangerous adventure. In the Holy Land, Will learns that being a knight is bloody, brutal and often terrifying. His father is… Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, municipal, baronial, and popular antiquities (1850) Volume 1 [LeatherBound] Old England, Vol 1 of 2 A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Baronial, Municipal, and Popular Antiquities Classic Reprint