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PERFORM-ers,
I am still considering proposals for a special Kalamazoo session on
"Saintly Shrews in Early English Literature." Two years ago I gave a
paper at MLA in a session sponsored by Society for Medieval Feminist
Scholarship concerning "Saintly Shrews" in the Drama, saintly women who
were depicted as loud, strong, defiant, etc. At the same time, I became
aware of Karen Winstead's work on _Virgin Martyrs_, in which she shows
that the _vitae_ of such saints often invested them with the stereotypical
traits of disorderly women or shrews. I'm looking for more. Don't shy
away from the drama; I only began to survey the potential ground to cover
in that earlier paper. If loud, defiant women were sometimes, perhaps
often, characterized as imitable, even venerable, some accepted readings
of early English literature may perhaps need revision.
Notice my new address and information, different from the snail-CFP.
Joe Ricke
Department of English
Taylor University
Upland, IN 46989-1001
Phone:(hm) 219-358-8509; (wk) 765-998-4842
Fax: 765-998-4930
E-Mail: jsricke@tayloru.edu
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