IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1017: Cities in the Literary Imagination, III: The Urban Dynamic in Middle English Romance
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Kate McLean, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York James P. Wade, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | James P. Wade, Magdalene College, University of Cambridge |
| Paper 1017-a | The Gaze of the City (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Social History |
| Paper 1017-b | Piety, Sacred Space and the Urban Readers of Middle English Romance (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
| Paper 1017-c | Urban Squalour and Splendour: The City as a Narrative Force in Lybeaus Desconus and Bevis of Hampton (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Language and Literature - Middle English, Social History |
| Abstract | This session aims to explore the geographic, symbolic, and imaginative place of the city in Middle English romance. By drawing from a range of romance texts, the three papers together investigate how urban spaces (often recognisable places in the real landscape) become narrative spaces which function as loci for interactions between various social figures and forces. |