Marie Nelson
Marie Nelson received her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 1973, and has taught a variety of medieval literature, linguistics, and writing courses at the University of Florida. She has published two books, Structures of Opposition in Old English Poetry (1989) and Judith, Juliana, and Elene: Three Fighting Saints (1991), as well as a number of essays on Old, Middle, and modern English literature in Speculum, Neophilologus, Mythlore, Oral Tradition, and other journals.
Articles by Marie Nelson
King Solomon’s Magic: The Power of a Written Text
Volume 5, Issue 1 (January, 1990)From The Book of Margery Kempe: The Trials and Triumphs of a Homeward Journey
Volume 19, Issue 2 (October, 2004)The Authority of the Spoken Word: Speech Acts in Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Volume 23, Issue 1 (March, 2008)
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