Crossing Boundaries / Breaking Rules I: Hagiographies

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

"Have mercye on thi whyte flesshe": Transforming Generic Language in Saint Margaret's _Lives_

Presenter 1 Name

Alyssa Coltrain

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 2

Chaucer and the New Hagiography of the Legend of Good Women

Presenter 2 Name

Allison Adair Alberts

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 3

Broken Like a Fox: Chaucer's Satirical Performance of Literary Conventions in the Legend of Good Women

Presenter 3 Name

Jessie Casteel

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Houston

Paper Title 4

Power in Flux: Chaucer's Triumphal Monk's Tale

Presenter 4 Name

Leah Schwebel

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

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

David Raybin