tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post6140266635271783165..comments2023-07-04T09:35:04.595-04:00Comments on Little Stories.: 8. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight } A single line.Adam Golaskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-60855765335650593802010-08-27T15:41:56.289-04:002010-08-27T15:41:56.289-04:00Hi Adam,
Hi Adam
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jimgo...Hi Adam,<br /><br />Hi Adam<br /><br />please do send an e-mail:<br />jimgoar AT yahoo dot com<br /><br />Or I could send you an e-mail... is one listed?<br /><br />Been thinking a lot about the Knights these past few years. Latest manuscript came from a study of the legend with a focus on Spicer's Grail. <br /><br />Really enjoying what you are doing. <br /><br />Jjwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-13069473256853364452010-08-26T22:30:00.342-04:002010-08-26T22:30:00.342-04:00Your sympathies are shared by the knights of the r...Your sympathies are shared by the knights of the round table, who clearly recognize that Gawain is bound to the mistakes all humans make, that chivalry is an ideal in place to keep people from total barbarity but an ideal--and so probably unattainable; thus (in part) the warm reception he receives at the end of the poem.<br /><br />I, too, have sympathy for Gawain, but he earns all that comes his way.<br /><br />Glad my egomaniacal notes on etiquette were so well received. Yes! Let's talk--what's the best way to reach you that's not the comments field of a blog?Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-84468134664056649832010-08-26T22:01:05.590-04:002010-08-26T22:01:05.590-04:00Hi Adam,
Me, I feel for Gawain. Guy is supposed ...Hi Adam,<br /><br />Me, I feel for Gawain. Guy is supposed to be the Grail Knight and then people keep piling on. Percival gets thrown in to the mix but is also flawed. Galahad: not even a man. Just a fake. And Gawain the whole time being made to dance. Green Knight embodies the whole thing. An impossible quest. A test he is set to fail. Gawain is too human. Yes, I want to live. I like Merwin's note that the mistress (forgot her name)is surprised by Gawain as though she had heard about him from other stories. Gawain has a long history of which he is continually unaware.<br /><br />And yes, how rude, I should have invited you to past simple. Please submit to past simple. I'd also like to talk with you about guest editing. That would be great. <br /><br />I have read some of GREEN. Will continue to enjoy it. <br /><br />Jimjwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-64682372221430928772010-08-25T23:10:04.568-04:002010-08-25T23:10:04.568-04:00Gawain deserves all he gets.
In my translation, i...Gawain deserves all he gets.<br /><br />In my translation, it isn't the blade that's sharp but the stroke. But I suppose a dull blade would crush rather than shatter. And it's not a dull blade besides.<br /><br />So, we have Merwin's "sundered"--his line makes me sleepy--and we have Armitage's "cleaved," which is the more accurate description of what would have happened in real life, tho not the more accurate translation. His is a bit medical, isn't it?<br /><br />I'll keep your note in mind when I do my revision.<br /><br />I hope you've taken a look at the whole Fitt over at Open Letters Monthly.<br /><br />Lastly: it would only be polite to invite me to submit, perhaps as your featured poet, or at the very least to guest edit your wonderful journal past simple.<br /><br />Honi soit que mal y pence!Adam Golaskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008713238582881525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1293913535814025060.post-2553157756632586872010-08-25T12:11:10.336-04:002010-08-25T12:11:10.336-04:00Does a sharp instrument shatter bones? Must a bone...Does a sharp instrument shatter bones? Must a bone be frozen to really shatter? I do not think the Green Knight's bones shatter? They are of a different sort than mine. Are they even bones? If it is a sharp stroke (smart), wouldn't the cut be clean.<br /><br />Yes, too bad about the supernatural. But this whole thing is a test! How annoying it must be to be Gawain. The guy is used and abused throughout the legend. The frustration never ends.<br /><br />Love this exercise. <br /><br />My other comment just got eaten. Hope this does not become a double post.<br /><br />Jimjwghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970noreply@blogger.com