My research explores notions of authorship and the relationship between lyric text and melodic setting. I investigate the fundamental tension between song as an ephemeral performance and as a fixed, written text, including the mise en page and manuscript context of song. On this last point, my work on lyric intersects with my other main research focus: medieval manuscripts and the history of the book.
I am particularly interested in manuscript fragments, and in using digital tools to virtually reassemble books that have been dismantled and libraries that have been dispersed.
Research areas:
- Medieval French and Occitan literature, particularly lyric and romance
- Relationship between text and music
- Medieval manuscripts, book history, paleography and codicology, manuscript fragments
- Medievalism, reception of the Middle Ages, history of Medieval Studies.
Expertise:
- France
- Literature
- Medieval
- Music
Research Interests
- Medieval French and Occitan literature, particularly lyric and romance; medieval manuscripts and the history of the book; and the reception of the Middle Ages
Research Interests:
- Medieval French and Occitan literature, particularly lyric and romance; relationship between text and music; medieval manuscripts, book history, paleography and codicology, manuscript fragments; medievalism, reception of the Middle Ages, history of Medieval Studies.
