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Here’s a picture and link to my most recent publication, a chapter in Becoming the #PearlPoet , edited by Jane Beal. It’s about the question of who might have written the #Pearl and #Gawain poems, and what we might say about him/her with the limited information we have:
https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Pearl-Poet-Perceptions-Connections-Receptions/dp/1793646759/
(Yes, it’s an expensive academic book: see if your library has a copy.)
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Since I didn't include the hashtag the first time around, let me try doing this #Introduction thread again.
Hi! My name is Ethan. I live in #BrooklynNY. I’m an #English professor at The King’s College, where I teach all kinds of #writing and #literature, from #Shakespeare to Russian novels to Southern lit. Most of my published writing is about #medieval literature, namely from 14th-century England (#Chaucer, the #GawainPoet, #Wyclif, etc.). I also like to write #fiction. 1/4
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Today, Elon Musk just reinstated the #Twitter account of #RonWatkins , former administrator of 8chan / 8kun, who played a major role in spreading the #QAnon conspiracy theory, up to the point of possibly writing posts as Q himself.
In case you're looking for a reason to feel good about your switch to #Mastodon.
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This is not a story about Islamophobia or trigger warnings or what material is appropriate to show in an art class. It’s a story about how expendable adjunct professors are, and how non-faculty deans who have no commitment to academic freedom have gained too much power in colleges and universities.
#Hamline #Islamophobia #adjunctification #AcademicFreedom
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -
Today is January 6, the Feast of Epiphany, when Christians around the world celebrate the Three Magi visiting Baby Jesus and bringing him gifts.
In America, we also remember it as Insurrection Day, when a group of deluded Christians decided to profane one of their holiest days and worship a false orange god.
#Epiphany #ThreeMagi #WeThreeKings #January6 #January6Coup #Insurrection
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I’m celebrating #NewYearsDay the traditional way — by finally fulfilling my year-long obligation to let the giant Green Man who lives in the chapel down the road take a swing at me with his axe.
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On New Year’s Eve, the last day of Sir Gawain’s stay at Bertilak’s castle, Lord Bertilak hunts an elusive fox named Reynard — a reference to a trickster character from a popular series of medieval beast tales.
I assume Reynard is also the inspiration for the talking fox in the Green Knight movie, which isn’t named and which Bertilak captures and releases, so it can warn Gawain to run from his fate.
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On New Year’s Eve, the last day of Sir Gawain’s stay at Bertilak’s castle, Lord Bertilak hunts an elusive fox named Reynard — a reference to a trickster character from a popular series of medieval beast tales.
I assume Reynard is also the inspiration for the talking fox in the Green Knight movie, which isn’t named and which Bertilak captures and releases, so it can warn Gawain to run from his fate.
#NewYearsEve #Gawain #GreenKnight #Reynard -
On New Year’s Eve, the last day of Sir Gawain’s stay at Bertilak’s castle, Lord Bertilak hunts an elusive fox named Reynard — a reference to a trickster character from a popular series of medieval beast tales.
I assume Reynard is also the inspiration for the talking fox in the Green Knight movie, which isn’t named and which Bertilak captures and releases, so it can warn Gawain to run from his fate.
#NewYearsEve #Gawain #GreenKnight #Reynard -
My theory: the day was so holy and somber, the #GawainPoet took it for granted that no one would be feasting, hunting, or playing games then, so he simply left it out of the poem and fast-forwarded to the start of Gawain and Bertilak’s exchange game. But who knows [shrug emoji].
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It’s December 28th, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, or #Childermas which commemorates King Herod’s murder of children in his attempt to find the Christ child.
For scholars of the #GawainPoet this is the infamous “missing day” from the poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” … Lord Bertilak feasts for three days starting at Christmas, then hunts for three days, then suddenly it’s New Year’s Day. It’s not possible that the poet, who was obsessed with numerology, lost count. So what happened? 1/2
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Today is December 27th, Saint John’s Day.
On this day in history, Lord Bertilak looked across the table at Sir Gawain and said, “Enough of this Christmas feasting. Let’s get down to business: hunting and playing an exchange game while you await your certain death!” -
I was at Disney World yesterday, and Space Mountain was playing a heavy metal version of #GoodKingWenceslas.
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Happy Feast of Saint Stephen to all who celebrate … especially if you’re a good king who looks out to see a poor man gathering firewood and decides to wine and dine him this night.
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I like to celebrate Christmas Eve the traditional way — feasting on a dozen different types of fish at my friend Bertilak’s place.
The wine flows freely, everyone looks beautiful (except one), and the holiday games are *crazy*. -
This image, by the way, is a lithograph from Currier & Ives, a printing company that made a memorable appearance in another Christmas carol, "Sleigh Ride":
"It'll nearly be like a picture print
By Currier and Ives
These wonderful things are the things
We'll remember all through our lives." -
Interesting article about a haunting chord in David Willcocks' arrangement of "O Come, All Ye Faithful."
Even if you can't really hear what everyone's raving about, it's still an incredible Christmas hymn. And I like the analysis here that the descants in the "Sing, choirs of angels" verse were inspired by an older carol -- "Ding Dong Merrily on High."
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/arts/music/o-come-all-ye-faithful-christmas-chord.html
Here it is on YouTube:
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On another side note, the original title of the carol from the 18th century was “God Rest YOU Merry, Gentlemen.” I don’t have absolute confirmation of this, but my guess is that someone changed it years later to make the song sound older than it actually was, possibly medieval.
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On another side note, the original title of the carol from the 18th century was “God Rest YOU Merry, Gentlemen.” I don’t have absolute confirmation of this, but my guess is that someone changed it years later to make the song sound older than it actually was, possibly medieval.
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On another side note, the original title of the carol from the 18th century was “God Rest YOU Merry, Gentlemen.” I don’t have absolute confirmation of this, but my guess is that someone changed it years later to make the song sound older than it actually was, possibly medieval.
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On another side note, the original title of the carol from the 18th century was “God Rest YOU Merry, Gentlemen.” I don’t have absolute confirmation of this, but my guess is that someone changed it years later to make the song sound older than it actually was, possibly medieval.
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On another side note, the original title of the carol from the 18th century was “God Rest YOU Merry, Gentlemen.” I don’t have absolute confirmation of this, but my guess is that someone changed it years later to make the song sound older than it actually was, possibly medieval.
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So why do the gentlemen need to rest merry? Well, they might be tempted not to when “Satan’s power” leads them “astray.” But the song reminds them that “Christ our savior” came on Christmas to save them from that nonsense—so be happy, you guys!
On a side note, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is probably the jauntiest song in history to name-drop Satan in the first stanza. It might seem ironic at first, but it’s actually the perfect marriage of lyrics and form.
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So why do the gentlemen need to rest merry? Well, they might be tempted not to when “Satan’s power” leads them “astray.” But the song reminds them that “Christ our savior” came on Christmas to save them from that nonsense—so be happy, you guys!
On a side note, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is probably the jauntiest song in history to name-drop Satan in the first stanza. It might seem ironic at first, but it’s actually the perfect marriage of lyrics and form.
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So why do the gentlemen need to rest merry? Well, they might be tempted not to when “Satan’s power” leads them “astray.” But the song reminds them that “Christ our savior” came on Christmas to save them from that nonsense—so be happy, you guys!
On a side note, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is probably the jauntiest song in history to name-drop Satan in the first stanza. It might seem ironic at first, but it’s actually the perfect marriage of lyrics and form.
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So why do the gentlemen need to rest merry? Well, they might be tempted not to when “Satan’s power” leads them “astray.” But the song reminds them that “Christ our savior” came on Christmas to save them from that nonsense—so be happy, you guys!
On a side note, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is probably the jauntiest song in history to name-drop Satan in the first stanza. It might seem ironic at first, but it’s actually the perfect marriage of lyrics and form.
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So why do the gentlemen need to rest merry? Well, they might be tempted not to when “Satan’s power” leads them “astray.” But the song reminds them that “Christ our savior” came on Christmas to save them from that nonsense—so be happy, you guys!
On a side note, “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is probably the jauntiest song in history to name-drop Satan in the first stanza. It might seem ironic at first, but it’s actually the perfect marriage of lyrics and form.
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Anybody want some Christmas carol trivia?
Did you know the song “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman” puts the comma after “merry,” not “ye”? It’s not telling merry gentlemen to rest; it’s telling the gentlemen to “rest merry.”
The phrase “rest you merry” dates back to Middle English and is a greeting or farewell that means “keep yourself happy.” Shakespeare uses it in Romeo & Juliet, as a servant comically (and futilely) tries to take his leave from Romeo.
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Anybody want some Christmas carol trivia?
Did you know the song “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman” puts the comma after “merry,” not “ye”? It’s not telling merry gentlemen to rest; it’s telling the gentlemen to “rest merry.”
The phrase “rest you merry” dates back to Middle English and is a greeting or farewell that means “keep yourself happy.” Shakespeare uses it in Romeo & Juliet, as a servant comically (and futilely) tries to take his leave from Romeo.