IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 1124: Ecocritical Outlaws in Middle English Literature
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | International Association for Robin Hood Studies (IARHS) |
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Organiser: | Kristin Bovaird-Abbo, Department of English Language & Literature, University of Northern Colorado |
Moderator/Chair: | Lesley Coote, Andrew Marvell Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Hull |
Paper 1124-a | Ecomedieval Justice in Robin and Gandelyn and The Tale of Gamelyn (Language: English) Index terms: Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Middle English, Law, Science |
Paper 1124-b | Robin Hood as Wolf: Feast or Famine in A Lytell Geste of Robyn Hode? (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Economics - Rural, Language and Literature - Middle English, Science |
Paper 1124-c | Conspicuous Consumption, Masculinity, and Nihilism in the Outlaw Feasts of the Late Medieval Greenwood (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English, Philosophy |
Abstract | This panel seeks to initiate conversations about ecocritical issues connected to issues of food (production, consumption, etc.) in Middle English outlaw tales. Given the liminal spaces which these tales occupy, as well as their frequent movements from greenwood into urban spaces, these tales are rich for ecological study. What do these stories reveal about medieval forest practices or perspectives towards animals (particularly in regard to forests and animals as food sources)? To what extent do these tales critique medieval ecological beliefs or offer alternative perspectives (that is, do they reveal a plurality of attitudes towards nature co-existing during the medieval period)? |