Crossing Boundaries / Breaking Rules II: Comedy

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Chaucer Review

Organizer Name

David Raybin, Susanna Fein

Organizer Affiliation

Eastern Illinois Univ., Kent State Univ.

Presider Name

David Raybin

Paper Title 1

Comedy, Biblical Narrative, and Mass Death in the Plays of _Noah_ and the _Massacre of the Innocents_

Presenter 1 Name

Nicole Sidhu

Presenter 1 Affiliation

East Carolina Univ.

Paper Title 2

Gender and Genre in Dunbar's Tretis of the Twa Mariit Wemen and the Wedo

Presenter 2 Name

Danielle Bradley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 3

Testing the Rule of the Single Narrative Source: The Nun's Priest's Tale

Presenter 3 Name

Frederick M. Biggs

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 4

Male Rape and Loathly Ladies in The Wife of Bath's Tale and Robin Hood: Men in Tights

Presenter 4 Name

Jessica Pitts

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Florida State Univ.

Start Date

8-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

The session's papers explore instances of genre-crossing and rule-breaking in medieval comedy.

David Raybin