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MEDIA CONTACT: Alan Lupack 585.275.0110 or Helene Snihur (585) 275-7800
March 23, 2005
TIME, DATE, AND PLACE: 3 p.m., Thursday, April 7, in the Robbins Library, 416 Rush Rhees Library, on the University of Rochester's River Campus
ADMISSION: Free and open to the public
Cathryn Meyer, a graduate student at the University of Texas in Austin and this year's Helen Ann Mins Robbins Fellow, will present a lecture on "Confessional Poetics of the Body in Late Medieval Literature," at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 7, in the Robbins Library, 416 Rush Rhees Library, on the University of Rochester's River Campus. A reception will follow the talk.
Focusing on two texts, Chaucer's Legend of Good Women and John Gower's Confessio Amantis, Meyer explores how the confessional or penitential mode informed the context and the narrative shape of medieval works through the representation of bodies.
The Helen Ann Mins Robbins Fellowship was established to support research at the Rossell Hope Robbins Library for a woman working on a dissertation in medieval studies. Past fellows have explored medieval clothing, Jews in medieval England, the Arthurian legend, and courtesy books and manners.
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation's leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering is complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
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