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Details for Dr Marianne Ailes
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| Name | Dr Marianne Ailes | ||
| Job title | Senior Lecturer |
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| Department | Department of French University of Bristol |
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| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
Office. To help us deal with your request, please mention the Directory of Experts when contacting the Public Relations Office. work+44 (0)117 331 8092 email: public-relations@bristol.ac.uk |
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| Qualifications | M.A.(Edin.), Ph.D.(R'dg) | ||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Royal Society of Arts Society for French Studies Societe Rencesvals International Arthurian Society International Courtly Literature Society |
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| Keywords | Medieval French literature early vernacular chronicles literature of the crusades Richard I Charlemagne in England Manuscript fragments |
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| Areas of expertise | My research interests are in Medieval French literature, in particular the (frequently politically engaged) chansons de geste and early vernacular chronicles. I am actively involved in editing and translating as well as interpretative studies. Much of my research is focused on literature of the crusades, the perception and depiction of the Other, either the Saracen or the female Other, and intertextual readings of texts. I am currently working on the unconverted Saracens of the chansons de geste and engaged in a collaborative project on Charlemagne in different literary cultures (https://www.charlemagne-icon.ac.uk/). |
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| Media experience | Interviewed on BBC Midland TV |
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