Loneliness and Solitude in Medieval England

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Travis Neel, Spencer Strub

Organizer Affiliation

Ohio State Univ., Univ. of California-Berkeley

Presider Name

Fiona Somerset

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 1

The Silence of the Lay Brother: Investigating the Invisible in Carthusian Communities

Presenter 1 Name

Francesca Breeden

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Sheffield

Paper Title 2

"This is youre owen hous, parde": Imposition, Interruption, and Imprudence in Troilus and Criseyde

Presenter 2 Name

Sarah-Nelle Jackson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of British Columbia

Paper Title 3

Style and Loneliness in Thomas Hoccleve

Presenter 3 Name

Andres Millan

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Paper Title 4

Mapping Eremitic Loneliness

Presenter 4 Name

Christopher M. Roman

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Kent State Univ.-Tuscarawas

Start Date

12-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 2355

Description

This panel invites the close examination of medieval loneliness, solitude, isolation, and seclusion. Does loneliness register as an affect in medieval English writing? How and where does the medieval text reveal the effects of seclusion on its subjects? Under what conditions might solitude have been sought, desired, or coveted; and conversely, what were the discourses that marked isolation as fraught?

Spencer A. Strub