IMC 2003: Sessions
Session 802: Women Speaking Loudly: Feminine Voices in 16th-Century Scotland
Tuesday 15 July 2003, 16.30-18.00
| Organiser: | Nicola Rose Royan, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Nicola Rose Royan, School of English Studies, University of Nottingham |
| Paper 802-a | Women Talking Politics: The Dialogue of the Twa Wyfeis (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 802-b | 'In the Name of Ane Amorus/Loyall/Honorabill Ladie': The Female Voice Poems of John Stewart of Baldynneis (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 802-c | 'Good Protestants and Resolute Papists': Elizabeth and Mary in Reformation Polemic (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This session considers the adoption of the female voice by male writers in late medieval and early modern Scottish literature. It examines female ventriloquism in the context of the royal court, and also in the wider arena of political and religious debate. It explores the motivations for allocating speech to poor and noble women alike, and compares representations of queens and commoners in political discourse. The session will also be comparative geographically and chronologically, placing its discussion in the wider Scottish tradition and also comparing the Scottish material to contemporary English writing. |