Ealy Publishes Peer-Reviewed Article

Nicholas Ealy, assistant professor of modern languages and cultures, College of Arts and Sciences, published a peer-reviewed article titled "The Poet in the Mirror: René d’Anjou and Authorial Doubling in the 'Livre du Cœur d’Amour épris'" in Fifteenth-Century Studies.

In the article, Ealy argues that the text and imagery of the "Livre du Coeur d'Amour épris" ("Book of the Love-Smitten Heart"), constructed as an extended erotic dream with author René d’Anjou as its primary character, problematize the integrity of this one-to-one correspondence between writer and protagonist. This division between extratextual author and textual counterpart not only reenacts the dangers of Ovidian narcissism, but calls into question fulfillment in love and the very possibility of autobiography.

Fifteenth-Century Studies, published annually by Camden House, is a refereed medieval-studies journal dedicated to interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the fifteenth century.