IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 318: Exploring the Monstrous, II: Geographies of the Monstrous
Monday 12 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | MEARCSTAPA (Monsters: The Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoology through Scholarly Theory & Practical Application) |
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| Organiser: | Asa S. Mittman, Department of Art & Art History, California State University, Chico |
| Moderator/Chair: | Larissa C. Tracy, Department of English & Modern Languages, Longwood University, Virginia |
| Paper 318-a | Monstrum viator: The Travelling Monsters of Herzog Ernst (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 318-b | 'On what maner he myght dyscrivyn hit aryght': Tundale, Monsters, and the Mappaemundi (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 318-c | Navigating the Margins: Sources, Analogs, Wandering Monsters, and the Digital Mappaemundi (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Computing in Medieval Studies, Geography and Settlement Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | This is one of two sessions on monsters and monstrosity submitted by MEARCSTAPA. The year's theme of Travel and Exploration is a perfect fit with our interest in monstrosity, a concept frequently linked to geography in the Middle Ages. These three papers focus on the geography of the monstrous, examining how the location of monsters impacted medieval concepts of monstrosity and identity. We will address not only accounts of people travelling to distant monsters, but also texts, images and maps, in which the monsters themselves are the travellers. The papers will address how maps were integrated into medieval understandings of location, identity, and even narrative structure. |