Malory's Morte: Women Looking at Men Behaving Knightly

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.

Organizer Affiliation

Baylor Univ.

Presider Name

Joanna Benskin

Presider Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 1

"Ever she was the causer of my worship-wynnynge": Malory’s Palomydes and His Ladies

Presenter 1 Name

Laura K. Bedwell

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Mary Hardin Baylor

Paper Title 2

Sir Lancelot at the Chapel Perlus: Malory’s Adaptation of the Perlevaus

Presenter 2 Name

Adam Marshall

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Baylor Univ.

Paper Title 3

"Looking About as He Myght": Palomydes and His Audience

Presenter 3 Name

Sarah Rude

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Baylor Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 8:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 212

Description

The papers in this session chiefly explore the effect(s) of the gaze--the FEMALE gaze--upon the knights of Arthur's Round Table and/or upon their enemies. The male gaze does act in the _Morte_, but it is the woman's gaze that stimulates the actively masculine (or macho) behavior of the knights.

D. Thomas Hanks