Chaucer and the Senses III: Feeling Sensorially

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Chaucer Review

Organizer Name

Susanna Fein; David Raybin

Organizer Affiliation

Kent State Univ.; Eastern Illinois Univ.

Presider Name

Susanna Fein

Paper Title 1

Losing Their Senses: Loving, Swooning, and Being Human in Troilus and Criseyde

Presenter 1 Name

Richard Newhauser

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Arizona State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Feeling Thoughtful, Thoughtful Feeling

Presenter 2 Name

Susan Yager

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Iowa State Univ.

Paper Title 3

Proprioception: Feeling Inside the Body

Presenter 3 Name

Matthew Boyd Goldie

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rider Univ.

Paper Title 4

"Astonyed and Asweved": Wonder in Chaucer's House of Fame

Presenter 4 Name

Laura Godfrey

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Start Date

12-5-2018 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 210

Description

The papers theorize sensation and senselessness, and the relations connecting bodily movement, sound, and wonder. Works examined include the House of Fame, Troilus and Criseyde, and a short lyric once attributed to Chaucer, “Alone Walkyng.”

David Raybin