Visual Rhetoric in the Works of the Pearl-Poet I: New Frontiers

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Pearl-Poet Society

Organizer Name

B. S. W. Barootes

Organizer Affiliation

Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Presider Name

Denise A. Stodola

Presider Affiliation

Kettering Univ.

Paper Title 1

The Green Knight without the Green: Re-Investigating the Multispectral Illustrations of MS Cotton Nero A.x art. 3

Presenter 1 Name

Matthew R. Higgins

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Georgia State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Visible Thoughts: The Spontaneous Gesture and Imaging Identity in Pearl

Presenter 2 Name

Misho Ishikawa

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Los Angeles

Paper Title 3

Peripheral Vision: Choreographing Description through Dance in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Presenter 3 Name

Clint Morrison Jr.

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Ohio State Univ.

Paper Title 4

Crashing by Dasein: Neurorhetoric Supplying the Vision for "Being There" at the Green Chapel

Presenter 4 Name

Scott D. Troyan

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Start Date

11-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1160

Description

From the description of shining, jewelled New Jerusalem to the blazons of Sir Gawain and the Pearl-maiden to the Pearl-dreamer’s inability to ‘see’ clearly, the Gawain-poet reveals himself to be a writer who depends on visual metaphors, imagery, and motifs. Seeking to renovate earlier work by Sarah Stanbury (1991, 2007), Maidie Hilmo (2001), and Tony Davenport (2008), this session will explore the ways that the poet deploys motifs of sight and seeing to shape the meaning of his texts. Benjamin Barootes