Reading in Medieval England II: Ways of Reading
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Mary C. Flannery, Carrie Griffin
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. de Lausanne, Univ. College Cork
Presider Name
Kathleen Tonry
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Paper Title 1
The Burden of Imagining in Late Medieval Vernacular Theology
Presenter 1 Name
Katie L. Walter
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Sussex
Paper Title 2
Fake Tears and Faux Semblance? Reading French Verse in Medieval England
Presenter 2 Name
Stephanie Downes
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Melbourne
Paper Title 3
Playing It by the Book: Drama as Literature in Late Medieval and Early Tudor England
Presenter 3 Name
Tamara Atkin
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Queen Mary, Univ. of London
Start Date
9-5-2013 3:30 PM
Session Location
Schneider 2345
Description
The final session in our series of three will consider the impact of such factors as emotion and intent on vernacular reading. The session will begin with a paper by Dr. Katie Walter, who will explore both the perceived value and dangers inherent in pushing the imagination to its limits in medieval devotional contexts, and the ways in which texts seek both to elicit and to circumscribe astonishment and fear in their readers (‘The Burden of Imagining in Late Medieval Vernacular Theology’). Our second presenter, Dr. Stephanie Downes, will consider the collection of French verse contained in Westminster Abbey MS 21, which offers clues as to the sensitivity of medieval English readers to French sentiment and style (‘Fake Tears and Faux Semblance? Reading French Verse in Medieval England’). Finally, Dr Tamara Atkin, a specialist in late-medieval and early modern drama, will reappraise drama as literature and illustrate some aspects of the dynamic cross-fertilization between manuscript and print cultures in the dramatic literature of the late medieval and early Tudor periods (‘Playing by the Book: Drama as Literature in Late Medieval and Early Tudor England’).
Mary C. Flannery
Reading in Medieval England II: Ways of Reading
Schneider 2345
The final session in our series of three will consider the impact of such factors as emotion and intent on vernacular reading. The session will begin with a paper by Dr. Katie Walter, who will explore both the perceived value and dangers inherent in pushing the imagination to its limits in medieval devotional contexts, and the ways in which texts seek both to elicit and to circumscribe astonishment and fear in their readers (‘The Burden of Imagining in Late Medieval Vernacular Theology’). Our second presenter, Dr. Stephanie Downes, will consider the collection of French verse contained in Westminster Abbey MS 21, which offers clues as to the sensitivity of medieval English readers to French sentiment and style (‘Fake Tears and Faux Semblance? Reading French Verse in Medieval England’). Finally, Dr Tamara Atkin, a specialist in late-medieval and early modern drama, will reappraise drama as literature and illustrate some aspects of the dynamic cross-fertilization between manuscript and print cultures in the dramatic literature of the late medieval and early Tudor periods (‘Playing by the Book: Drama as Literature in Late Medieval and Early Tudor England’).
Mary C. Flannery