{"id":294353,"date":"2025-01-03T19:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-111-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T19:04:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:04:45","slug":"the-catholic-culture-podcast-111-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newhampshiredigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/03\/the-catholic-culture-podcast-111-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight\/","title":{"rendered":"The Catholic Culture Podcast: 111 &#8211; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"date\">Aug 2, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Today we discuss one of the greatest Arthurian tales, told by<br \/>\none of the most virtuosic poets in the history of English, an<br \/>\nanonymous priest of the 14th century.\u00a0<em>Sir Gawain and the<br \/>\nGreen Knight<\/em> tells us a lot about courtesy, original sin, and<br \/>\ngrace, all bound up in an enormously entertaining story about a<br \/>\ngiant, decapitation-surviving green knight.<\/p>\n<p>Poet and critic Anthony Esolen joins the show to discuss the<br \/>\npoem, its Middle English dialect, and the tradition of alliterative<br \/>\nverse.<\/p>\n<p>Watch discussion on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8YKmYkklcuU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8YKmYkklcuU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marie Boroff&#8217;s translation of the complete works of the<br \/>\nGawain-poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gawain-Poet-Complete-Cleanness-Erkenwald\/dp\/0393912353\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gawain-Poet-Complete-Cleanness-Erkenwald\/dp\/0393912353<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simon Armitage&#8217;s facing-page translation including the original<br \/>\nMiddle English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gawain-Green-Knight-Verse-Translation\/dp\/0393334155\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gawain-Green-Knight-Verse-Translation\/dp\/0393334155<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dana Gioia essay, &#8220;Accentual Verse&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/danagioia.com\/essays\/writing-and-reading\/accentual-verse\/\"><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/danagioia.com\/essays\/writing-and-reading\/accentual-verse\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Magdalen College, where Esolen teaches, still has spaces open in<br \/>\nits 2021 freshman class! <a href=\"https:\/\/magdalen.edu\/\">https:\/\/magdalen.edu\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anthony Esolen, <em>The Hundredfold: Songs for the<br \/>\nLord<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ignatius.com\/The-Hundredfold-P3358.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ignatius.com\/The-Hundredfold-P3358.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Esolen on his poem\u00a0<em>The Hundredfold\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-55-hundredfold-anthony-esolen\/\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-55-hundredfold-anthony-esolen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Esolen discusses <em>Stagecoach<\/em> on Criteria: The Catholic<br \/>\nFilm Podcast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/stagecoach-1939\/\">https:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/stagecoach-1939\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link to join the Online Great Books VIP waiting list<br \/>\nand get 25% off your first 3 months:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hj424.isrefer.com\/go\/ogbmemberships\/tmirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hj424.isrefer.com\/go\/ogbmemberships\/tmirus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. 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