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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Dr Bill Burgwinkle

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Position(s): 
Emeritus Professor of Medieval French and Occitan Literature
Department/Section: 
French
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics
Contact details: 
Telephone number: 
(+44) (0)1223 331251
College: 
Location: 

King's CollegeÌý °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ Ìý CB2 1ST

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About: 

Bill Burgwinkle is a specialist in Medieval French and Occitan literature, gender and sexuality, and critical theory.Ìý PhD from Stanford University.Ìý He He is a former presidentÌýof the UK Society for French Studies.Ìý

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Research interests: 

Comparative medieval literature (French, Occitan, Italian & Catalan), Occitan networks and biography, the intersection of history and literature, theories of sexuality and the body, queer theory, film and the visual arts.

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Recent research projects: 

He is currently working on Occitan para-poetic texts and networks, and completing a book entitled Afterlives of the troubadours.

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Published works: 

Author ofÌýSodomy, Masculinity and Law in Medieval Literature, 1050-1230Ìý(CUP, 2004);ÌýLove for sale: Materialist Readings of the Troubadour Razo Corpus (Garland, 1997);ÌýRazos and Troubadour SongsÌý(Garland, 1990); co-author ofÌýMedieval French literary culture abroad (2020); Sanctity and Pornography: on the vergeÌý(Manchester, 2010); co-editor ofÌýThe °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼ History of French LiteratureÌý(CUP, 2011); co-editor of Significant Others: Gender and Culture in Film and Literature, East and WestÌý(Hawaii, 1992).

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