Karen L Fresco

Professor Emerita, French and Italian

Emailkfresco@illinois.edu

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Personal profile

Research Interests

Medieval French literature and culture
Manuscript studies
Romance and lyric
Gender studies

My current research addresses the ways in which late medieval manuscript anthologies organize, communicate, and circulate knowledge. I am particularly interested in the place of Christine de Pizan's works in these manuscripts and am drawn to the interdisciplinary collaboration that enhances this research.

I am also interested in the cultural construction of gender and female voices in manuscripts, and especially in romance an lyric.

Education

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington 1983

Honors & Awards

Palmes Academiques 2012

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Research Output

19 Paper
7 Chapter
5 Book/Film/Article review
4 Book
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Le Bel Inconnu: ('Li Biaus Descouneüs'; 'The Fair Unknown')

de Bâgé, R. & Fresco, K. L. (ed.), Jun 27 2020, New York: Routledge. 438 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Scholarly edition

Authority of Images / Images of Authority: Shaping Political and Cultural Identities in the Pre-Modern World

Fresco, K. L. (ed.), Jun 20 2017, Medieval Institute Publications. 254 p. (Studies in Medieval Culture; vol. 53)

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Introduction

Fresco, K. L., Jun 20 2017, Authority of Images / Images of Authority: Shaping Political and Cultural Identities in the Pre-Modern World. Fresco, K. L. (ed.). Medieval Institute Publications, p. xiii-xviii

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter