How to use Gawain in a sentence
Another is that we’ve slipped into Gawain’s headspace, imagining himself as a corpse, and that’s what motivates him to keep going.
The Green Knight is glorious and a little baffling. Let’s untangle it. | Alissa Wilkinson | July 30, 2021 | VoxThen the camera slowly turns in a full circle, revealing the rotted corpse of Gawain.
The Green Knight is glorious and a little baffling. Let’s untangle it. | Alissa Wilkinson | July 30, 2021 | VoxThe “green knight” of the traditional title refers to the knight with whom Gawain tangles, whose skin is described as green.
The Green Knight is glorious and a little baffling. Let’s untangle it. | Alissa Wilkinson | July 30, 2021 | VoxThe oldest is the 14th century’s “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” which will be getting a big-screen adaptation this summer, making it much less under-recognized.
‘B-Side Books’ adds to your must-read stack with the best books you’ve never heard of | Abby McGanney Nolan | June 10, 2021 | Washington PostWriter and director David Lowery adapts the classic medieval legend of Sir Gawain, with Dev Patel starring as King Arthur’s fearsome nephew.
Chretien de Troyes has Yvain and Gawain fighting anonymously for hours without stopping until night forces them to draw back.
The ‘GOT’ Red Viper and Mountain Duel, and a History of Medieval Trial by Combat | Steven Isaac | June 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs Gawain rides along the bank of a creek, he hears this sickening sound ringing from above.
Historical Fiction: A Conversation Between Bruce Holsinger and Nancy Bilyeau | Nancy Bilyeau, Bruce Holsinger | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGawain is less a personality than a piece of granite, a man “whose glory waxed / as times darkened.”
Numerous mistakes have thus arisen, such as rolke for rokke (a rock) in Gawain Douglas, and many more of the same kind.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThis metre was also employed by Gawain Douglas in his translation of Vergil.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 (of 7) -- Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes | Geoffrey ChaucerGawain does not pay court to Elaine, nor does Arthur rebuke him, as in the poem.
Alfred Tennyson | Andrew LangThe poet will now for a while recount the adventures of Gawain; whom many have held to be as valiant a knight as Parzival.
Parzival (vol. 1 of 2) | Wolfram von EschenbackNo such adventures are recorded in any Romance that has come down to us; but they are quite in keeping with Gawain's character.
Parzival (vol. 1 of 2) | Wolfram von Eschenback
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