IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 209: Modern Chaucer: Hermaphrodites in the Church, the Wife on the Couch, the Tales on the Net
Monday 11 July 2011, 14.15-15.45
Organiser: | Kathleen A. Bishop, General Studies Program, New York University |
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Moderator/Chair: | Kathleen A. Bishop, General Studies Program, New York University |
Paper 209-a | 'Hir grete light of sapience': Hermaphroditism in The Second Nun's Tale (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Women's Studies |
Paper 209-b | Shrinking Alice: A Psychoanalytic Assessment of the Wife of Bath (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
Paper 209-c | From Manuscript Page to Web Page: The Canterbury Tales on the Internet (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English, Performance Arts - General, Technology |
Abstract | This session brings together three medieval literary scholars and a psychoanalyst to examine the Canterbury Tales. Topics will include an exploration of medieval concepts of beauty, 'hermaphroditism', psycholanalysis, as well as an examination of medieval literature on the internet. |