Specialization:
Distinguished Professor of French
Affiliate of Comparative Literature
Affiliate of Film Studies
Affiliate of Medieval Studies Program
http://medievalstudies.ucsb.edu/
Education:
- 1973-78: Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
- 1976-77: École Normale Supérieure, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- 1971-73: M.A., University of California, Berkeley
- 1966-70: B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of New Hampshire
- 1968-69: Université de Dijon, France
Bio:
Academic Distinctions and Awards
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2016: Borchard Foundation International Symposium Grant
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2013: Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, French Government
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2009-2012: Partner University Fund / French American Cultural Exchange: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Project with Anne-Marie Legaré, Université de Lille III
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Jun-Jul 2008: Borchard Foundation International Symposium Grant
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Summer 2006: National Endowment for the Humanities Stipend Award
- 2006-2007: University of California President's Fellowship for the Humanities
- Fall 2003: Camargo Foundation Fellowship
- June 2000: Borchard Foundation International Symposium Grant
- Spring 1999: Borchard Foundation Scholar-in-Residency Grant
- 1996 Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies, Modern Language Association
- 1987-1988: American Council of Learned Societies Grant
- Summer 1986: National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar Grant
- Summer 1980: National Endowment for the Humanities Stipend Award
Research:
Research Interests
- Late medieval/early Renaissance French literature and culture
- Libraries of late medieval women
- The transition from manuscript to print culture
- Issues of authority and authorship
- The relationship between text and image
- The book as cultural artifact
- Text-editing
Projects:
Current Research/Work in Progress
- Currently working on Volume IV of a critical edition of Pierre Gringore's works for Éditions Droz
- Also working on early Renaissance French-Italian cultural relations and female patronage.
Publications:
Major Publications
- The Shaping of History and Poetry in Late Medieval France: Propaganda and Poetic Expression in the Works of the Rhétoriqueurs. Birmingham: Summa, 1985.
- Poets, Patrons, and Printers: Crisis of Authority in Late Medieval France. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1995. Awarded the MLA Scaglione Prize in 1996.
- Special issue of The Journal of the Early Book Society: Women and the Book Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern France, co-edited with Martha Driver, Volume IV (2001).
- The Cultural and Political Legacy of Anne de Bretagne: Negotiating Convention in Books and Documents (edited volume). Cambridge, UK: D. S. Brewer, 2010.
- The Queen's Library: Image-Making at the Court of Anne of Brittany, 1477-1514. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
- Les femmes, l’art et la culture en Europe entre Moyen Âge et Renaissance / Women, Art and Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe (co-edited with Anne-Marie Legaré). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2016.
- Special issue of Le Moyen Francais: Manuscript to Print, Print to Digital: Editions in Performance and Performance in Editions in Late Medieval and Renaissance France (1400-1550) (edited volumes), Volumes 81-82 (2018).
- And numerous articles on 15th- and 16th-century literature and culture
Critical Editions
- André de la Vigne's Ressource de la Chrestienté (1494). Montreal: CERES, 1989.
- Critical edition of Pierre Gringore's Oeuvres, Volume I (Oeuvres rédigées sous le règne de Louis XII). Geneva: Éditions Droz, 2003
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- Critical edition of Pierre Gringore's Oeuvres, Volume II (Entrées royales à Paris de Marie d'Angleterre (1514) et de Claude de France (1517), Geneva: Éditions Droz, 2005.
- Critical edition of Pierre Gringore's Oeuvres, Volume III (Les Oeuvres moralisatrices [1499-1510]), Geneva: Éditions Droz, forthcoming in 2020.
Courses:
| Course | Number | Title |
| Fall 2017 | Fr 153A | Love, Marriage and Adultery in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Literature (in English) |
| Fall 2017 | Fr 101A | Literary and Cultural Analysis (Medieval and Renaissance Periods) |
| Spring 2017 | Fr 156C | Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History and Film (in English) |
| Spring 2017 | Fr 197 | Senior Seminar (Medieval Texts, Modern Criticism and Film) |
| Winter 2017 | Fr 232B | Literature and the Visual Arts: Female Patronage in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: Translation, Adaptation and the Illustrated Book |
| Fall 2016 | Fr 148C | Women in the Middle Ages (in French) |
| Fall 2015 | Fr 101A | Literary and Cultural Analysis (Medieval and Renaissance Periods) |
| Fall 2015 | Fr 153A | Love, Marriage and Adultery in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Literature (in English) |
| Spring 2015 | Fr 197 | Senior Seminar (Les Lais de Marie de France) |
| Fall 2014 | Fr 101A | Literary and Cultural Analysis (Medieval and Renaissance Periods) |
| Fall 2014 | Fr 155A | Women in the Middle Ages (in English) |
| Winter 2015 | Fr 156C | Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History and Film (in English) |
| Winter 2014 | Fr 231J /C Lit 200/Fr 197/Fr 198 |
The Book and Literary Production: The Intersection of Literary Artistry and the Publication Trade in Europe from the 15th to the 21st Century (Collaborative Graduate Seminar) |
| Winter 2014 | Fr 148C | Women in the Middle Ages (in French) |
| Fall 2013 | Fr 101A | Literary and Cultural Analysis (Medieval and Renaissance Periods) |
| Fall 2013 | C Lit 30A | Love, Marriage and Adultery in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance (in English) |
| Spring 2013 | Fr 155A | Women in the Middle Ages (in English) |
| Winter 2013 | Fr 197 | Senior Seminar (Le Moyen Âge : Textes et Cinéma) |
| Winter 2013 | Fr 156C |
Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History and Film (in English) |
| Fall 2013 | Fr 101 | Literary and Cultural Analysis (Medieval and Renaissance Periods) |
| Fall 2013 | Fr 153A |
Love, Marriage and Adultery in Classical, Medieval and Renaissance (in English) |
| Winter 2012 | F4 148C | Women in the Middle Ages (in English) |
| Winter 2012 | Fr 153A |
Channel Crossings: Medieval Borders and Alliances in Britain and France (co-taught in English) |
| Fall 2011 | Fr 156C |
Modern Images of the Middle Ages: The Intersection of Text, History and Film (in English) |
| Fall 2011 | Fr 227A | Introduction to Old French |
| Spring 2011 | FR 155A |
Women in the Middle Ages (in French) |
| Spring 2011 | Fr 197 | Senior Seminar (Reines littéraires, historiques et mythologiques au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance) |
| Winter 2011 | Fr 232B |
Literature and the Visual Arts: Le mécénat des femmes en Europe entre Moyen Âge et Renaissance : Traductions, Adaptations, Commentair |
