Researching the Autobiographical Impulse: New Methods and Texts in Medieval Autobiography Studies

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Afrodesia E. McCannon

Organizer Affiliation

New York Univ.

Presider Name

Denise K. Filios

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Iowa

Paper Title 1

James I of Scotland's The Kingis Quair as Imperialized Autobiography

Presenter 1 Name

Ruth M. E. Oldman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Slippery Rock Univ.

Paper Title 2

Autobiography and Individuation in The Work of John Arderne: Theory, Practice, and Images of Medicine

Presenter 2 Name

Carly B. Boxer

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Paper Title 3

Corporate Auto/biography and the Vie de saint Louis: Exploring the Visual Evidence

Presenter 3 Name

Afrodesia E. McCannon

Start Date

10-5-2018 10:00 AM

Session Location

Sangren 1720

Description

This session considers new methods of inquiry and ways of conceiving autobiographical texts in the Middle Ages. The papers propose historically, archivally, and theoretically informed expansions, reinterpretations, and examples of autobiography in the medieval period.

Afrodesia E. McCannon