Romancing Islam

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Romance Society

Organizer Name

Lucy Allen, Rebecca Wilcox, Nicola McDonald

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of York, West Texas A&M Univ., Univ. of York

Presider Name

Suzanne Conklin Akbari

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 1

Romancing Violence in Sir Ferumbras

Presenter 1 Name

Bonnie J. Erwin

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Wittenberg Univ.

Paper Title 2

Reading Hybrid Identities across the Medieval Mediterranean in Gui de Nanteuil

Presenter 2 Name

Rachel D. Gibson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Paper Title 3

Allegorizing Islam in Book II of The Faerie Queene

Presenter 3 Name

Dennis Austin Britton

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of New Hampshire

Start Date

9-5-2013 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley I 101

Description

'Romancing Islam' offers three papers on Islam and representations of Islam in Medieval and Early Modern Romance literature.

Lucy M. Allen