![]() ![]() Nobot an olde cave, or a crevisse of an olde cragge. The Green Chapel therefore is a dark and looming place which the poet places in our mind at the beginning of the story, where it lurks until part four when we are finally taken there. Green is seen as the colour of rebirth and of nature it is also the colour of evil. The poet introduces us to the Green Chapel in Part 1 of the poem, when Gawain is told to seek his nemesis by merely asking of him by name and of his home, the Green Chapel. The Green Chapel itself is a case in point. My aim has been to help today's reader not only enjoy the poem but also, hopefully, to encourage an engagement in its history and landscape. I've also been determined to reflect this research not just in terms of the translation and the illustrations but also by a series of detailed notes and supplementary information for readers, which also features in the book. In translatiing and illustrating my telling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, I've been fascinated by trying to understand the references made by the (unknown) poet and to grasp not just who he was but also where he was living and writing. One of the many wonders of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is its magnificent setting thought by many to be the Staffordshire Roaches The evidence is compelling. ![]()
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