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Publications:
  • Dante, Chaucer and the Ending of Troilus and Criseyde.”

  • "The Prowess of Hands: Alchemical Psychology in Malory’s Tale of Sir Gareth.”

  • “Romance and Parataxis and Malory: The Case of Sir Gawain’s Reputation.”

  • “Trouthe without Consequences: Rhetoric and Gender in Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale.

  •  “Origenary Fantasies: Abelard’s Castration and Confession.”

  • Models of Pilgrimage: From Communitas to Confluence.”

  • Models of Pilgrimage: From Communitas to Confluence.”

  •  “Grief in Avalon: Sir Palomydes’ Psychic Pain.”

  •  “The Sic et Non of Andreas Capellanus’ De Amore.”

 
Courses/Seminars:
  • Chaucer
  • Middle English Literature
  • The World of King Arthur
  • Joan of Arc
  • Medieval Pilgrimage
  • Medieval Romance

Bonnie Wheeler is interested in medieval literature and medieval cultural studies. Her major scholarly interests are in medieval romance (especially the legendary of King Arthur), Middle English poetry, and medieval women’s and gender studies. At present Wheeler is finishing a project on reputation in medieval texts. At SMU she directs the SMU Medieval Studies Program.  She is editor of the book series The New Middle Ages (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). She has edited and co-edited twelve books, among them Mindful Spirit in Late Medieval Literature: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth D. Kirk (2006); Arthurian Studies in Honour of P.J.C. Field (2004); Joan of Arc and Spirituality (2003); Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady (January 2003), On Arthurian Women (2001);The Malory Debate: Essays on the Texts of Le Morte Darthur (2000), Listening to Heloise: The Voice of A Twelfth-Century Woman (2000), Becoming Male in the Middle Ages (1997), Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc (1996), and Medieval Mothering (1996). She is editor of the International Arthurian Society/North American Branch’s quarterly journal  Arthuriana. Among her national elected positions, she is Vice President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals; councilor of The Medieval Academy of America; and on the national nominating committee of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She appears frequently as historical and literary consultant for Arts and Entertainment (A&E) Network, History Channel, and BBC.

 

 
   
Bonnie Wheeler
Associate Professor and Director of Medieval Studies
Ph.D., Brown University

Office: Dallas Hall, room 239
Office Hours: W 2-4
Phone: 214 768-2949
Email: bwheeler@smu.edu
Webpage:  www.arthuriana.org

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