"Is there a text in this Middle English?": Chaucer’s "Text" and the Oral-Aural Context of His Oeuvre
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.
Organizer Affiliation
Baylor Univ.
Presider Name
D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.
Paper Title 1
Feathered Pillow Talk: Pertelote Scolds . . . Seduces Her Cowardly Husband
Presenter 1 Name
Betsy Bowden
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Rutgers Univ.-Camden
Paper Title 2
The Squire's Failure of "Wordes" and "Cheere"
Presenter 2 Name
Sarah Rude
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Baylor Univ.
Paper Title 3
What Can We Learn from a Performance of the Wife of Bath's Prologue?
Presenter 3 Name
Courtney Parker
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Baylor Univ.
Start Date
16-5-2015 10:00 AM
Session Location
Valley III Stinson 303
Description
This session examines the concept of Chaucer's plastic, constantly re-forming text in the context of the oral-aural performance which was the primary mode of textual presentation in his Middle Ages.
D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.
"Is there a text in this Middle English?": Chaucer’s "Text" and the Oral-Aural Context of His Oeuvre
Valley III Stinson 303
This session examines the concept of Chaucer's plastic, constantly re-forming text in the context of the oral-aural performance which was the primary mode of textual presentation in his Middle Ages.
D. Thomas Hanks, Jr.