Liveblogging Kalamazoo (Friday Book Haul)
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hrjScully, Terence. 2008. The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi (1570). University of Toronto Press, Toronto. ISBN 978-0-8020-9624-1
Do I really need to explain why I would buy a copy of Scappi? Come on now.
Amer, Sahar. 2008. Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-8122-4087-0
A collection of studies of texts featuring women’s relationships and especially erotic or romantic relationships in medieval literature, with the added angle that the author is tracing connections and contrasts between Arabic and French texts. There’s a growing body of literature in this general field and I tend to collect them. One of these days I mean to put together an on-line “sourcebook” of themes and motifs taken from both history and literature that could be useful or inspirational to modern authors writing fiction about lesbians in historic settings (or historic-inspired fantasy settings).
Also another book on reserve for me at Palgrave that I’ll blog about when I pick it up at the end of the conference.
Friday Evening Activities
I was going to go see the arms and armour demo put on by the Higgens Armory Museum, but it ended up being jam packed and instead I went off to catch the last 2/3 or so of Beowulf (the 2007 movie version). Afterwards, I enjoyed a nice critique session comparing various movie versions of Beowulf with the woman I’d been sitting next to (and exchanging snarky comments with) as we walked back to the dorms. I’m making it an early night tonight in anticipation of serious partying tomorrow evening.
ETA: And I've ended up sitting next to the same woman for the Sat morning session discussing the movie. More fun commentary.
Do I really need to explain why I would buy a copy of Scappi? Come on now.
Amer, Sahar. 2008. Crossing Borders: Love Between Women in Medieval French and Arabic Literatures. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia. ISBN 978-0-8122-4087-0
A collection of studies of texts featuring women’s relationships and especially erotic or romantic relationships in medieval literature, with the added angle that the author is tracing connections and contrasts between Arabic and French texts. There’s a growing body of literature in this general field and I tend to collect them. One of these days I mean to put together an on-line “sourcebook” of themes and motifs taken from both history and literature that could be useful or inspirational to modern authors writing fiction about lesbians in historic settings (or historic-inspired fantasy settings).
Also another book on reserve for me at Palgrave that I’ll blog about when I pick it up at the end of the conference.
Friday Evening Activities
I was going to go see the arms and armour demo put on by the Higgens Armory Museum, but it ended up being jam packed and instead I went off to catch the last 2/3 or so of Beowulf (the 2007 movie version). Afterwards, I enjoyed a nice critique session comparing various movie versions of Beowulf with the woman I’d been sitting next to (and exchanging snarky comments with) as we walked back to the dorms. I’m making it an early night tonight in anticipation of serious partying tomorrow evening.
ETA: And I've ended up sitting next to the same woman for the Sat morning session discussing the movie. More fun commentary.
