I was gobsmacked when my English grad school girlfriend at the time was reading that book for research.
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it's good. Makes a strong case that "gentil, parfit" is sarcasm and a contemporary audience would have understood the Knight to have been a scuzzy mercenary who had been involved in a load of defeats and atrocities.
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I mean, the text itself makes the case. He’s rusty, after all, and his story about the king rummaging a battlefield for armor and weapons? Right after we are hearing how wealthy he is? Yeah...
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A friend mentioned years ago that she'd encountered him at Chaucer gatherings (Conventions? Symposiums?) and that he was very nice and genuine and excited about Chaucer.
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part of the fun of holy grail is that it's obviously written by medievalists who took great care in everything.
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Oh yes, the movie that portrays the Medieval English as burning witches is totally accurate.
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Terry's son, Bill Jones, made a documentary on Python and George Harrison that was shown in L.A. at The (Other) HandMade's Tale Festival last October; marking the 50th anniversary of Monty Python & the 40th of "Life of Brian" (George's cameo below)... https://newmusictoday.blogspot.com/2019/10/fans-and-friends-of-george-harrison.html …pic.twitter.com/LSzRaOVUO8
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Too young and so very brilliant
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