IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1206: Middle English Literature and the Bible
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Leeds Studies in English |
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| Organiser: | Cathy Hume, Northwestern University |
| Moderator/Chair: | Oliver Pickering, School of English, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1206-a | The Pistil of Swete Susan: The Good, the Bad, and the Garden (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 1206-b | Pety Job and the Readership of Middle English Romance in the 15th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 1206-c | Re-Thinking the Erotics of Maternity in Lyric Appropriation of the Song of Songs (Language: English) |
| Abstract | This session explores biblical literature in the broadest sense. The papers will look at some of the ways in which the Bible was used and adapted in Middle English literature. Raluca Radulescu's paper will consider the cultural and political contexts in which texts such as the Pety Job were read in the 15th century. Frances McCormack's will develop her reading of the relationship between Chaucer, the Lollards, and the Bible. Cathy Hume's will investigate how Susan rewrites its biblical source, concentrating on Jewishness, marriage, and romance. |