Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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The film is based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight but the movie version looks a bit more sinister than I remember.
From The Verge • May 16, 2021
There are long, idiosyncratic digressions in which he views his situation through various literary lenses – readings of Tintin, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Macbeth and the poetry of Plath.
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2013
In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight he displayed his skill in his rendering of the alliterative verse of the 14th century into the same metre in modern English.
From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2012
The Iliad is a superhero story, as are Beo-wulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2010
The best of these romances is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
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