Discursive Bodies: Representations of Heroic Women in Medieval Spanish Literature

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA)

Organizer Name

Emily Colbert Cairns

Organizer Affiliation

Salve Regina Univ.

Presider Name

Emily Colbert Cairns

Paper Title 1

Beyond the Virgin or the Whore: Heroic Female Discourse in Ramon Llull's Arbre de filosofia d'amor (1298)

Presenter 1 Name

Amy M. Austin

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Arlington

Paper Title 2

Dead Bodies and the Virgin: Historiography and Authority in Leitão de Andrade's Miscellânea

Presenter 2 Name

Elizabeth Spragins

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 3

Heroic and Ordinary Deaths of Portuguese Queens: Teaching How to Die in Sentimental Fiction and Chronicles from the Fifteenth Century

Presenter 3 Name

Ana M. Montero

Presenter 3 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Start Date

13-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020