Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400) | Analysis & Commentary

Welcome to Ear Read This! I’m Ash, and on this channel I combine in-depth literary analysis with casual book reviews and discussion of a wide range of texts from Ovid to Sylvia Plath. Along with detailed episodes of the ERT podcast you’ll find reading updates, reactions to bookish news and my daily Poem of the Day series. Special areas of interest include Plath, Scottish (and in particular, Edinburgh) literature, Shakespeare and bird books. S3E28 (18/01/21) Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage. Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984) Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. ACCESS EXCLUSIVE EPISODES: www.patreon.com/earreadthis LISTEN TO THE AUDIO VERSION iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1pDxgPj... acast: https://www.acast.com/earreadthis Podbean: www.earreadthis.podbean.com or follow us on Insta: @earreadthis Facebook: facebook.com/earreadthis Twitter: @earreadthis