Disguise and Incognito: 1000-1500
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
James Howard
Organizer Affiliation
Emory Univ.
Presider Name
James Howard
Paper Title 1
"Disnatured fro Kynde": Addressing Disguise in Romance
Presenter 1 Name
Rachel Kapelle
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Willamette Univ.
Paper Title 2
I'll Do Anything for Love: Gender Disguise in the Achilles-Deidama Episode of Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg
Presenter 2 Name
James Frankki
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Sam Houston State Univ.
Start Date
17-5-2015 10:30 AM
Session Location
Valley I Shilling Lounge
Description
This session will explore the use of disguise and incognito in texts from the high and late Middle Ages (c.1000-1500). It will approach disguise and incognito from a number of disciplinary intersections, including Arthurian studies, performance studies, gender studies, and studies of rhetoric.
Rachel Kapelle's paper " 'Disnatured fro Kynde': Addressing Disguise in Romance" approaches disguise in the fourteenth-century William of Palerne and the fifteenth-century English Prose Merlin. In particular, supernatural elements in both stories are required to preserve the fragile borders of authority, privilege, and humanity from the challenges posed by disguise.
James Frankki's paper "I'll Do Anything for Love: Gender Disguise in the Achilles - Deidama Episode of Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg" analyzes the expanded depictions of Achilles and Deidama's cross-dressing in a thirteenth-century adaptation of Statius's work on the Trojan War.
James Howard
Disguise and Incognito: 1000-1500
Valley I Shilling Lounge
This session will explore the use of disguise and incognito in texts from the high and late Middle Ages (c.1000-1500). It will approach disguise and incognito from a number of disciplinary intersections, including Arthurian studies, performance studies, gender studies, and studies of rhetoric.
Rachel Kapelle's paper " 'Disnatured fro Kynde': Addressing Disguise in Romance" approaches disguise in the fourteenth-century William of Palerne and the fifteenth-century English Prose Merlin. In particular, supernatural elements in both stories are required to preserve the fragile borders of authority, privilege, and humanity from the challenges posed by disguise.
James Frankki's paper "I'll Do Anything for Love: Gender Disguise in the Achilles - Deidama Episode of Konrad von Würzburg's Trojanerkrieg" analyzes the expanded depictions of Achilles and Deidama's cross-dressing in a thirteenth-century adaptation of Statius's work on the Trojan War.
James Howard