Katherine A Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 3746130 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katherine A Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katherine A |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8400-6922 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Your Country, Our War
The Spirit Moves
In the oldest versions of the Old French Vie de Saint Alexis , the saint's renunciation of the profane takes the form of movement. Alexis's flight from Rome and his return after seventeen years are the defining moments of this version of the Life in Old French, yet scholars have tended to focus on place as it reveals the holy identity of Alexis. This article contends that movement, defined as the absence of fixed place, indicates holiness through…
The Vernacular Universe
This article argues that Gossuin de Metz’s Image du monde is indebted to both the Latin encyclopedic tradition and vernacular narrative, particularly the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. As the first vernacular encyclopedia, the Image du monde forges space as a new genre by combining these previous forms through the key notion of translatio studii. Not only is the medieval encyclopedia dependent on the transfer of knowledge from one language and c…
Boccaccio Reading Old French
Boccaccio Reading Old French:Decameron IX.2 and La Nonete1 Katherine A. Brown The Old French fabliaux supply a high quotient of analogues to the hundred stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. Approximately one fourth of the novelle in the collection borrow from the fabliaux tradition. Marcus Landau cites several fabliaux in his study of sources for the Decameron, and Vittore Branca mentions about twenty-four fabliaux titles in the notes to his edition…
The Spirit Moves
In the oldest versions of the Old French Vie de Saint Alexis , the saint's renunciation of the profane takes the form of movement. Alexis's flight from Rome and his return after seventeen years are the defining moments of this version of the Life in Old French, yet scholars have tended to focus on place as it reveals the holy identity of Alexis. This article contends that movement, defined as the absence of fixed place, indicates holiness through…
Boccaccio Reading Old French
Boccaccio Reading Old French:Decameron IX.2 and La Nonete1 Katherine A. Brown The Old French fabliaux supply a high quotient of analogues to the hundred stories in Boccaccio's Decameron. Approximately one fourth of the novelle in the collection borrow from the fabliaux tradition. Marcus Landau cites several fabliaux in his study of sources for the Decameron, and Vittore Branca mentions about twenty-four fabliaux titles in the notes to his edition…
The Vernacular Universe
This article argues that Gossuin de Metz’s Image du monde is indebted to both the Latin encyclopedic tradition and vernacular narrative, particularly the romances of Chrétien de Troyes. As the first vernacular encyclopedia, the Image du monde forges space as a new genre by combining these previous forms through the key notion of translatio studii. Not only is the medieval encyclopedia dependent on the transfer of knowledge from one language and c…
The Spirit Moves
In the oldest versions of the Old French Vie de Saint Alexis , the saint's renunciation of the profane takes the form of movement. Alexis's flight from Rome and his return after seventeen years are the defining moments of this version of the Life in Old French, yet scholars have tended to focus on place as it reveals the holy identity of Alexis. This article contends that movement, defined as the absence of fixed place, indicates holiness through…
Your Country, Our War
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Medieval European Literature and History (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Old French (2 works) · 2001 (1 work)