IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1005: Chivalry Revisited and Arthur Transformed: In Memory of Elspeth Kennedy, I
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Society for the Study of Mediaeval Languages and Literatures |
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| Organiser: | Helen J. Swift, St Hilda's College, University of Oxford |
| Moderator/Chair: | Richard W. Kaeuper, Department of History, University of Rochester, New York |
| Paper 1005-a | Transformations of Merlin (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Paper 1005-b | Chivalry versus Lordship: The Arthurian Romance and the Failing King (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Political Thought |
| Paper 1005-c | The Waning of the Grail: René d'Anjou's Dream of Love and Chivalry in the Cuer d'Amour Espris (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - French or Occitan, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | Contributors address texts and themes that were central to Elspeth’s research interests. Speakers interrogate these themes in a context of change and transformation: shifting representations of Merlin, troubled relationships between chivalry and lordship in Arthurian romance, and the transposition of the quest motif in a later-15th-century dream-vision narrative. The session includes scholars with a range of experience, from long-established post holders to postgraduates, and from a variety of disciplines: French, English, and History. Thus tribute is offered to Elspeth’s commitment to nurturing young scholarship and to the diversity of scholarly relationships she entertained during her career. |