Member of the MARGOT Research Group.
Teaching and research interests include Medieval French language and literature, particularly fifteenth-century defence of women literature, responses to the Roman de la rose, transitions from manuscript to print, and text and image; medieval theories of imagination; critical theory; film studies.
Teaching
Courses in French language and medieval literature, critical theory, and film studies, at both undergraduate and graduate level.
Research
Research
interests
straddle
the
late
medieval
and
early
modern
periods,
from
the
mid-fourteenth
to
mid-sixteenth
centuries,
examining
the
transition
from
manuscript
to
print,
especially
with
regard
to
text-image
relationships;
literary
defences
of
women
(la
querelle
des
femmes);
reception
of
Le
Roman
de
la
rose;
poet-patron
relations;
and
theories
of
imagination.
Research activities also include the electronic publishing of medieval and early modern French texts.
Service
Responsibilities and activities at college, departmental and University level, especially Outreach and Schools Liaison programmes.