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Legendary fantasy writer J. R. R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating, and teaching the ancient tales of northern Europe at Oxford and drew on them for his own writing. These epic stories, with their wizards and knights, dragons and trolls, cursed rings and magic swords, are as fascinating today as they were thousands of year ago. Reading them brings us as close as we will ever get to the magical worlds of the Vikings and the origins of their twentieth-century counterpart: Tolkien\u2019s Middle Earth.<\/p>\n

Composed in the fourteenth century,\u00a0Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/i>\u00a0is as beloved as it is venerable, combining the hallmarks of medieval romance\u2014pageantry, chivalry, and courtly love\u2014with the charm of fairy tales and heroic sagas. When a mysterious green knight rides on horseback into King Arthur\u2019s court, interrupting a New Year\u2019s feast, he issues a challenge: if any of King Arthur\u2019s men can behead him and he survives, then a year later he is entitled to return the strike. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and decapitates the green knight, only to see him pick up his severed head and ride away, leaving Gawain to seek him out to fulfill their pact. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith,\u00a0Sir Gawain and the Green Knight<\/i>\u00a0is a Middle English masterpiece of magic, chivalry, and seduction.<\/p>\n

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