Arthurian Taboos (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Arthuriana

Organizer Name

Dorsey Armstrong

Organizer Affiliation

Arthuriana/Purdue Univ.

Presider Name

Dorsey Armstrong

Paper Title 1

The Clouded Unknown: Fair and Foul Disguise as Taboo in Le Morte Darthur

Presenter 1 Name

Mikayla Hunter

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Oxford

Paper Title 2

It's Not Gay If It's in a Threeway: The Bromance in Arthurian Literature

Presenter 2 Name

Richard Sévère

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Valparaiso Univ.

Paper Title 3

"Slew hirself with hys swerde for dole and sorrow": Gender-Bending Suicide in the Arthurian Tradition

Presenter 3 Name

Margaret Sheble

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 4

Vice Is Nice but Incest Is . . . Taboo: Arthur's Sexually Charged Youth

Presenter 4 Name

Bonnie Wheeler

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Southern Methodist Univ.

Paper Title 5

The Trouble with Taboos and Temptations in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Presenter 5 Name

K. S. Whetter

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Acadia Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2019 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010

Description

This roundtable session investigates a diverse range of taboos that appear and recur in the body of medieval Arthurian literature. Dorsey Armstrong