My entry into all of this was meeting Maureen Duffy at a King’s event, interviewing her about her love of another medieval poem, Piers Plowman, and hearing about her love of Sir Gawain and how she saw it as a retelling of this vegetation myth connected to sword dancing.
Professor Lawrence Warner, Professor of Medieval English
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the Folk Revival, and Maureen Duffy’s Sword Dances
Professor Lawrence Warner uncovers the history of reimagining Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the great medieval poem.