Experience and Innocence

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Chaucer Review

Organizer Name

David Raybin, Susanna Fein

Organizer Affiliation

Eastern Illinois Univ., Kent State Univ.

Presider Name

David Raybin

Paper Title 1

How Much Experience is Enough in The Clerk’s Tale?

Presenter 1 Name

Kara Gaston

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 2

"It is no drede": Experiencing Truth in Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale

Presenter 2 Name

Michelle Brooks

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst

Paper Title 3

Innocence and Experience: Where Women in the Canterbury Tales Fall on the Spectrum, from Virginia to the Wife of Bath

Presenter 3 Name

Jean E. Jost

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Bradley Univ.

Start Date

15-5-2015 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson 303

Description

The session treats Experience and Innocence as they relate to Chaucer. Papers consider the experience of fidelity in the Clerk's Tale, trouthe in the Franklin's Tale as measured against the "Balade de Bon Conseyl," and the spectrum of innocent and experienced women in the Canterbury Tales.

David Raybin