Gawain at Play: Ambiguous Reading and Performance in the Pearl Manuscript (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Renaissance Research Seminar, Baylor Univ.

Organizer Name

Sarah B. Rude

Organizer Affiliation

Baylor Univ.

Presider Name

Sarah B. Rude

Paper Title 1

Sight Alliteration in Cotton Nero A.x?

Presenter 1 Name

Matthew Brumit

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Dallas

Paper Title 2

Sound, Silence, and Ways of Reading Patience

Presenter 2 Name

Ingrid Pierce

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 3

Bobs and Games in British Library, MS Cotton Nero A.x

Presenter 3 Name

Kimberly Bell, Julie Nelson Couch

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Sam Houston State Univ., Texas Tech Univ.

Paper Title 4

Readers

Presenter 4 Name

Clint Morrison, Mackenzie Peck, Sarah Jane Sprouse

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Texas Tech Univ., Texas Tech Univ., Texas Tech Univ.

Paper Title 5

Respondent

Presenter 5 Name

Tison Pugh

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Central Florida

Start Date

11-5-2017 7:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 158

Description

Papers in this session will consider different ways that readers may have approached reading from the Pearl MS (British Library MS Cotton Nero A.x). Presentations will be followed by a response from Tison Pugh, reading demonstrations from several graduate students, and general discussion.

Sarah B. Rude