Meredith Clermont-Ferrand

Biography

Dr. Clermont-Ferrand is an internationally recognized medieval literature scholar. Her current research agenda explores the poetry of Thomas Hoccleve and the intersections of disabled and queer identities in fifteenth-century literature. Before coming to Eastern, Dr. Clermont-Ferrand was a faculty member of the English Department at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She received her PhD in medieval literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1999.

Research Interests

• Thomas Hoccleve
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• Queer Theory

Of Note

Dr. Clermont-Ferrand is currently the social media coordinator for the International Hoccleve Society.

Teaching Interests

• British Literature Survey
• Chaucer
• Literary theory

Publications

Anglo-Saxon Propaganda in the Bayeux Tapestry (Studies in French Civilization) Edwin Mellen Press: 2004
Jean D' Angouleme's Copy of the Canterbury Tales Edwin Mellen Press: 2008

“Laughter in Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel: Utopia as Extra-Textual Place. Viator: Volume 40, No. 2 (2009)

“Joan of Arc and the English Chroniclers: Monstrous Presence and Problematic Absence in The Chronicle of London, The Chronicle of William of Worcester, and The Chronicle of the Reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VII,” (Medieval Chronicle Volume VII). Winter, 2011.

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