Houghton Library-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History presents two hands-on workshops by Sylvia Huot on "The Roman de la Rose: From Medieval Manuscripts to Modern Editions" at Houghton Library.

Sylvia Huot specialises in in medieval French literature. She is the author of "From Song to Book" (Cornell University Press, 1987); "The Romance of the Rose and its Medieval Readers" (CUP, 1993); "Allegorical Play in the Old French Motet" (Stanford University Press, 1997); "Madness in Medieval French Literature" (OUP, 2003); "Postcolonial Fictions in the Roman de Perceforest" (D.S. Brewer, 2007); and "Dreams of Lovers and Lies of Poets: Poetry, Knowledge and Desire in the Roman de la Rose" (Legenda, 2010) and “The Humanity and Inhumanity of Giants in Medieval French Prose Romance” (Notre Dame, 2016). She is also the co-editor of "Rethinking the Romance of the Rose" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992). She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2011.

Maximum of 15 people per workshop. The content of each workshop is the same so please sign up for the morning or afternoon session.

The workshop is co-sponsored by Houghton Library and the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies.

Date:
Thursday, September 20, 2018, 10am-noon, and 2-4pm
Location:
Houghton Library Seminar Room. Group meets in the library's lobby.