Re-reading this because I saw the recent (-ish) movie adaptation, & wanted to see how they compared. It's a bit of a tricky question, because I'm still not entirely sure what Lowry was really intending to do with the movie, and as indicated by the intro by translator Burton Raffel & afterward by Neil Issacs of this edition, modern scholars are unsure of the meaning of the original poem as well. I enjoyed the intro & the afterward, in which they both complained about and mocked a wide range of scholars for their shoddy readings & interpretations of this poem. The afterward also had a good little guide to the general rhythm that the poem used. Unfortunately, my copy of this book is missing the 1st half of the intro, but I still enjoyed what remains. I also wanted to re-read Gawain & The Green Knight to remember if Gawain's Host in part 3 was playing the game with the goal of buggering (or being buggered by?) the illustrious Sir Gawain. In re-reading, I think not, but it certainly would have been an interesting turn of events (& one which should have been pursued in the movie, considering the other liberties taken). It would have been fun to have the original middle english text included, but one can't have everything.