"Mester es sen pecado"?: Questioning Perfection in the Mester de Clerecía

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Matthew V. Desing

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-El Paso

Presider Name

Matthew V. Desing

Paper Title 1

¿Regularidad métrica en el Libro de Apolonio?

Presenter 1 Name

Pablo Ancos

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Paper Title 2

Rumor and Reputation

Presenter 2 Name

Simone Pinet

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Cornell Univ.

Paper Title 3

(Mis)Reading the Life: Malevolence, Misprision, and Mistaken Identity in Gonzalo de Berceo

Presenter 3 Name

Robin M. Bower

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Pennsylvania State Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson Lounge

Description

This session questions the idea of perfection in the thirteenth-century Spanish poetry known as mester de clerecía. Terms related to the session’s topics include: cuaderna vía, Libro de Apolonio, Libro de Alexandre, Gonzalo de Berceo, hagiography, pecado, sin, sanctity, métrica, metrics, rumor, reputation, Jiménez de Rada, Lucas of Tuy, Spain, España, español.

Matthew V. Desing