IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1217: Cities in the Literary Imagination, V: Merchants and Cities in Medieval England - Life and Literature
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Wales, Bangor |
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Organiser: | Raluca Radulescu, School of English, Bangor University |
Moderator/Chair: | Cory James Rushton, Department of English, St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia |
Paper 1217-a | Merchants and Traders in Medieval Outlaw Stories (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Mentalities |
Paper 1217-b | Memory and the City in Troilus and Criseyde (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Mentalities |
Paper 1217-c | Reclaiming the Family Property: The Marriage Dispute of Alice de Rouclif from York (Language: English) |
Abstract | This session investigates the ways in which merchants are represented in a variety of genres in Middle English literature. The texts scrutinised here range from medieval outlaw stories to popular romance and Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde', while the authors of these papers will also look at the socio-political contexts which affected the creation and reception of merchant culture and interests in the wider medieval society context. Exciting new insights into these texts will be revealed alongside challenges to the traditional view of merchants. |