Do I need to read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight before this?

>>24558497 (OP)
No. The Green Knight is completely self-contained and has very little to do with the wider Arthurian legend. It is kino, though.

>>24558699
Which translation? Is Tolkien's good?

>>24558699
It's actually mid.
>>24558497 (OP)
This is terrible, you shouldn't really read it.

>>24558741
>This is terrible, you shouldn't really read it.
It's only 60 pages long

>>24558707
Just read the original in Middle English unless you're an ESL.

>>24558811
No preferred translations, if I am ESL?

>>24558744
I thought that anon was referring to Le Morte d'Arthur in the picture which is a big brick, but yes Sir Gawain is not too long. That being said 2500 lines of poetry or so is nothing to sneeze at when read in the original.
>>24559700
Not that anon but read the original even if you are ESL, it will make it more fun. But I'm sure Tolkien is fine. I was encouraged to read Simon Armitage's translation at uni.

>>24558707
tolkien has never failed me as a translator.

>>24559777
>I thought that anon was referring to Le Morte d'Arthur
Oh, really? I was going to read it to prepare for Faerie Queene

>>24558497 (OP)
>What if instead of Excalibur it was called Gay-Sexcalibur?

>>24558497 (OP)
you need to read the green knight before engaging in life

Watch the green knight movie and you’ll get all you need.

virtue gets u nothing nowadays. so you wont get much out of gawain's story.

>>24563199
>virtue gets u nothing nowadays
but trump won

>>24563628
Trump is the least virtuous leader imaginable. Try again, worthless bigot.

>>24558707
In my opinion, Tolkien's translation is excellent. he spent a huge portion of his life studying English mythology and I feel he is reliable. Like other people mentioned, you could read it in the Middle English if you want. Not everyone likes that, though. I personally like reading original Middle English / Early Modern when I can.

>>24563628
How the actual fuck do you manage to bring trump into a discussion on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur? Go back to /pol/

>>24563663
>How the actual fuck do you manage to bring trump into a discussion on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Le Morte d'Arthur? Go back to /pol/
he literally brought up virtue

>>24563643
>bigot
go back

>>24563682
>omg omg someone mentioned virtue
>gotta bring up trump
Not relevant. There's a thousand other ways to discuss virtue- or the lack of- in the modern age.

>>24563692
>There's a thousand other ways to discuss virtue
like who?

>>24563199
Do you NEED to utilize everything you read in some way?

>>24563628
>fucking kids and shielding other peds is a virtue
Shalom

>>24564213
stephen king agrees with him though

>>24563663
>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
>English Mythology

>>24563682
Donald Trump, although probably the best out of a bad bunch, is hardly King Arthur. He's still a fat degenerate at the end of the day.

>This fucking thread
My sides

>>24563187
>Gawain, the most beautiful and pious Briton there was
>portrayed by an Indian
Yeah, I think you need to go back.

>>24563682
don't ever compare blumpf to my GOAT Arthur ever again

>>24558497 (OP)
I personally enjoy the Victorian and early 20th century retellings of the Arthurian saga such as the ones by James Knowles, Charles Hanson, And Joseph Bedier

>>24558497 (OP)
Just read Chretien de Troyes