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The Green Night. A24 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a chivalric romance written by an anonymous author in the late 1300s, not long after the Black Death swept through England. The plot concerns a mysterious, verdant visitor to the Round Table, who on Christmas Day proposes a bizarre, macabre game: if one of King Arthur’s knights lands a blow on him, he’ll return it in kind a year later.   Gawain, Arthur’s nephew, accepts the challenge, beheading the Green Knight, who promptly picks up his head, places it back on his shoulders, and rides away. Most of the poem concerns brave Sir Gawain keeping his dangerous appointment the following year. It’s a good opportunity for undergraduates to learn about Middle English, laws of chivalry, and the guest-host relationship. If it’s not the most accessible read for modern audiences, at least there’s some Arthurian gore, seduction, and mirth thrown in to help it go down easy.

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