Queer scholar Carolyn Dinshaw argues that the poem may have been a response to accusations that Richard II had a male lover—an attempt to re-establish the idea that heterosexuality was the Christian norm. Around the time the poem was written, the Catholic Church was beginning to express concerns about kissing between males. Many religious figures were trying to make the distinction between strong trust and friendship between males and homosexuality. She asserts that the Pearl Poet seems to have been simultaneously entranced and repulsed by homosexual desire. According to Dinshaw, in his other poem Cleanness, he points out several grievous sins, but spends lengthy passages describing them in minute detail, and she sees this alleged' obsession' as carrying over to Gawain in his descriptions of the Green Knight. [103] Hahn, Thomas, ed. (1995). "The Greene Knight". Sir Gawain: eleven romances and tales. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University. p.314. ISBN 978-1-879288-59-1. Reichardt, Paul F. (1984). "Gawain and the Image of the Wound". Publications of the Modern Language Association of America. 99 (2): 154–61. doi: 10.2307/462158. ISSN 0030-8129. JSTOR 462158. S2CID 163648039.

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Further information: Chivalric romance Gawain represented the perfect knight, as a fighter, a lover, and a religious devotee. ( The Vigil by John Pettie, 1884)Masculinity has also been associated with hunting. The theme of masculinity is present throughout. In an article by Vern L. Bullough, "Being a Male in the Middle Ages," he discusses Sir Gawain and how normally, masculinity is often viewed in terms of being sexually active. He notes that Sir Gawain is not part of this normalcy. The word gomen (game) is found 18 times in Gawain. Its similarity to the word gome (man), which appears 21 times, has led some scholars to see men and games as centrally linked. Games at this time were seen as tests of worthiness, as when the Green Knight challenges the court's right to its good name in a "Christmas game". [31] The "game" of exchanging gifts was common in Germanic cultures. If a man received a gift, he was obliged to provide the giver with a better gift or risk losing his honour, almost like an exchange of blows in a fight (or in a "beheading game"). [32] The poem revolves around two games: an exchange of beheading and an exchange of winnings. These appear at first to be unconnected. However, a victory in the first game will lead to a victory in the second. Elements of both games appear in other stories; however, the linkage of outcomes is unique to Gawain. [12] [10] Times and seasons [ edit ]

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Chaucer’s first Canterbury Tale offers a story about medieval knighthood transposed into the imagined (and idealised) world of ancient Greece. Worth reading for the glimpse it provides of a late medieval world still fascinated by the notions of chivalry and courtly love, yet conscious of the destructive violence associated with the warrior class. 10. Le Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory The Knight Who Took All Day by James Mayhew. Funny sendup of a pompous knight and the squire who serves him. At five years old, Boy Detective had a very good grasp on who the real heroes of the story were. And all the people (who behaved well) lived happily ever after. Mills, David (1970). "The Rhetorical Function of Gawain's Antifeminism?". Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. 71 (4): 635–4. JSTOR 43342544. Burrow, J. A. (1971). Ricardian poetry: Chaucer, Gower, Langland, and the Gawain poet. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp.4–5. ISBN 0-7100-7031-4.Hopkins, Andrea (15 February 2014). "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". Daily Info, Oxford . Retrieved 18 February 2014.

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Stanbury, Sarah (2001). "Introduction". In Stanbury, Sarah (ed.). Pearl. Kalamazoo, Mich.: Medieval Institute Publications. ISBN 978-1580440332.Feminist literary critics see the poem as portraying women's ultimate power over men. Morgan le Fay and Bertilak's wife, for example, are the most powerful characters in the poem—Morgan especially, as she begins the game by enchanting the Green Knight. The girdle and Gawain's scar can be seen as symbols of feminine power, each of them diminishing Gawain's masculinity. Gawain's misogynist passage, [83] in which he blames all his troubles on women and lists the many men who have fallen prey to women's wiles, further supports the feminist view of ultimate female power in the poem. [84] Woods, William F. (2002). "Nature and the Inner Man in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". The Chaucer Review. 36 (3): 209–227. doi: 10.1353/cr.2002.0006. JSTOR 25096166. S2CID 170429103. Knight Night by Owen Davey. I thought five year old Boy Detective would find this book too simple, but he was completely engrossed by the transformation of familiar daytime scenes and objects into the rich imaginary world of knights and castles. This is a beautifully illustrated book and perfect for bedtime.