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Peggy McCracken |
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Medieval French and Occitan Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Women's Studies Interests and Current Work My teaching and research interests are, broadly defined, in the intersections of medieval literature, history, and theory. My research focuses on romance narratives as well as on medieval theatre, poetry, chansons de geste, and medical and theological discourses. In earlier projects I have explored the intersections of medieval theories and practices of queenship with romances about adulterous queens, and the ways in which gendered cultural values are mapped onto representations of blood. My current work focuses on bodies and narrative in the context of the crusades. I am currently working on two projects, a book on Marie de France, co-authored with Sharon Kinoshita, and a series of essays on animals, animality, and medieval French literary texts. Recent and Selected Publications The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero: Blood, Gender, and Medieval Literature (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003). The Romance of Adultery: Queenship and Sexual Transgression in Old French Literature (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998). Co-editor, with Basil Dufallo, Dead Lovers: Erotic Bonds and the Study of Pre-modern Europe (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007).. Recent graduate seminar courses taught: Animality and sexuality The romances of Chrétien de Troyes Medieval lives, medieval selves (co-taught with Catherine Brown) Recent undergraduate courses taught: France and the crusades Introduction to medieval literature |