Chaucer's Walls

What makes a wall medieval? Chaucerian walls as physical, political, phenomenological, and psychic structures. Porosity and impenetrablity. Demarcation and enfoldment. Polity and publicity. Privacy and voyeurism. Classical echoes and contemporary resonances. 250-word abstracts.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 15 March 2019

Wan-Chuan Kao, Washington and Lee U (kaow@wlu.edu ); Eleanor Johnson, Columbia U (ebj2117@columbia.edu )