August 2, 2021
Today we discuss one of the greatest Arthurian stories, told by one of the greatest poets in English history, an anonymous 14th century priest. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight It has a lot to say about civility, original sin, and grace, all tied together in a very funny story about a giant green knight who survives being decapitated.
Poet and critic Anthony Esolen will also join the program to discuss poetry, Middle English dialects, and the tradition of alliterative poetry.
Watch the discussion on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8YKmYkklcuU
link
Translation of the Complete Works of Gawain by Marie Boroff
https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Poet-Complete-Cleanness-Erkenwald/dp/0393912353
Double-page translation with original Middle English by Simon Armitage
https://www.amazon.com/Gawain-Green-Knight-Verse-Translation/dp/0393334155
Dana Gioia’s essay “Accentual Verse”
https://danagioia.com/essays/writing-and-reading/accentual-verse/
Magdalen College, where Esolen teaches, still has openings in the 2021 freshman class. https://magdalene.edu/
Anthony Esolen Hundred times: Song to the Lord https://www.ignatius.com/The-Hundredfold-P3358.aspx
About Esolen’s poem a hundred times https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/episode-55-hundredfold-anthony-esolen/
Esolen speaks stagecoach Criteria: About the Catholic Film Podcast https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/stagecoach-1939/
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