Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance studies Proclamation ! The Trident Vol. XXI, Issue 3 Jan/Feb 2014 Want to be rewarded for your la- bors? Submit your essay to the AMRS Essay Competition and win cash!

Dr. Arnold’s Castles and Cathedrals class put theory into practice and built this castle on AMRS Movie Nights will coming Feb. 5. soon! Keep an eye out for the e-mail What Professors do When They Aren’t Teaching Part I* and join us! By Donald Lateiner would cooperate with him in or- In August 2013, soon ganizing a panel on DISGUST at The Staff of the Trident after I delivered a paper on the biennial Celtic Classics Con- “Disgust in Greek Epic, Tragedy ference to be held in June 2014 Student Editor: Madeline Lank and Comedy,” near Geneva, at Edinburgh. Previously the Tri- Switzerland, I received a query ple C has met in Ireland, Scot- Contributing Students: Alyssa Reed, Jake Simpson from Professor Dimos land, Wales and Bordeaux Spatharas. The promising young (Brittany). The Triple C beck- Contributing Alumni: Sidney Kochman scholar from the University of oned! Contributing Faculty: Dr. Donald Lateiner Crete (Rethymnon) asked if I Cont. on pg 2 AMRS Chair: Dr. Patricia DeMarco IN THIS ISSUE OWU’s Second —--pg. 4-5, 10-11 Speaker Preview———-———pg 8-9 Want to write a story? Have ideas for the next issue? AMRS Abroad——————-pg 6-7 Announcements…——————-pg.. 12 Complaints? Send them to [email protected].

2 11 We wrote to the two or- extant ancient data (visual as ganizers (Scots and Welsh) well as literary)? How do an- about our proposal. They wel- cient creators show and commu- comed a topic involving nicate feelings with the mind “ancient emotions.” Sixteen and the body (especially the ex- other panels engaged with vari- pressive mouth) and in speech. ous aspects of antiquity will Philosophers and psychologists meet at the same time, compet- today consider this a “hot,” if ing for attention during three not “slimy” topic. days in late June. We first con- My own paper (aside tacted a select group of scholars from co-leading the introduc- who have published on maters tory and summary sessions) will relevant to DISGUST to estab- examine disgust in the Latin lish a core group of speakers, novels of Petronius and Apu- and then we advertised the exis- leius—where detailed descrip- tence of the panel to scholarly tions disgust characters within lists on the WWW in Europe the novels and audiences read- and North America, inviting ing or hearing them. This picture of Shakespeare (above) is substantially older than the rest of the text. If you anyone (PhD or not) to submit Currently we are seeking look closely, you can see the edge. The watermark on the back (below) is another indica- an abstract or summary of about the best image for the Poster for tor. 300 words. The CFP (Call for our Panel. The Brouwer paint- Papers) produced exciting ab- ing below in the middle, entitled stracts from Finland, Greece, “the bitter potion,” is one popu- Britain, Italy, Germany, France, lar contender. Some are too the United States, etc. Topics gross for this student publica- include the aesthetics, psychol- tion. ogy, and promulgation of dis- Unlike the “rules” at gust. Which acts, substances, many other conferences, we two and creatures elicit disgust in as sole “referees” could accept

“The Bitter Potion” (left) and other images considered for the poster.

10 3 Continued from title page and Effigies page do as many or few speakers as we sharing of contributions and Page 5 not match: they are made of thought suitable and we could criticisms on a website open completely different card stock. give them little or lots of time. only to contributors and a time The Effigies was printed on a After receiving about 40 submis- for revisions, leading eventually heavier card stock than any of sions, we accepted 20 (including to publication. the pages, and has darkened con- the solicited core members). In Edinburgh, there will siderably more. The page itself Thus, each speaker will have 25 be trips into the hinterland (we was visibly pasted into the book- minutes for his or her paper, fol- won’t be far from the Romans’ along the spine by a restorer. lowed by five minutes for ques- Antonine Wall), tastings at whis- Another interesting fea- tions and comments. Some are key distilleries and beer brewer- ture of our copy is the page fac- still graduate students: at least ies, and excursions to the local ing the title page. It contains, as one has won a MacArthur castle and art museums such as do other complete copies of sec- “genius” award. The Greek and the Scottish National Gallery ond folio, a short poem by Ben Roman topics range from ex- and the National War Museum. Jonson addressed “To the pressions of disgust in art, in lit- The Edinburgh Film Festival Reader.” In our copy this poem erature (prose and poetry, fiction will interest cinephiles. I hope to is handwritten, not printed as it and non-fiction), and in histori- get away and visit the Outer Our in comparison to our re- is in others. cal records. All participants are Hebrides (mentioned by Pliny) printed First . Both are in Special Col- This oddity, taken with expected to attend all papers, but before or after the conference lections. the incongruity of our Title and there will be more sessions than itself, perhaps while Scotland With the number of dif- Effigies pages, lead to the con- we are filling, so there will be declares its independence from ferent distributors, it is no sur- clusion that our copy is a com- time to hear something different, Great Britain. prise that there are many variant posite of parts from several dif- perhaps more elevated. +++++++++++++++++++++ versions of the second folio. ferent copies. Our panel’s title is THE *Future Trident contributions to this series will examine various matters of the not- Both the title page and the If you are interested in EMOTION OF DISGUST IN always sedentary Professorial Life. Stay “Effigies” page--the one con- learning more about the Second ANTIQUITY AND ITS EX- tuned for: taining Milton’s poem--have Folio outside of a class visit, PRESSION. Over the three days choosing research topics, writing articles and books and getting multiple versions, the chronol- contact the Rare Books Librar- of the conference, we will hold them published, ogy of which have been hotly ian Bernard Derr. an opening and closing general attending disciplinary conventions contested. If you believe Robert session defining our topic(s) and (MLA, APA, AHA, etc.), organizing and planning Study Abroad Metcalf Smith, the title page in its limits. We will also discuss adventures for students and our copy is one of the latest ver- whether we should try to publish alumni, sions. According to William B. the proceedings as a volume. administering AMRS or other pro- grams and departments, Todd, on the other hand, our title Two publishing houses have al- examining archives and finding excite- page is from the second state of ready expressed interest, al- ment in new cuisines, the first printing. Our Effigies though so far they have seen traveling to AMRS territories (Ireland to Afghanistan, Russia to Egypt) page is the oldest according to nothing except the title. Some- participating in archaeological re- Smith, and one of more recent times papers sizzle and some- search (battlefields, sanctuaries ones according to Todd. Which- times fizzle, beyond the one- and their pottery, monasteries, highways, mines, castles, ceme- ever bibliographer you agree page abstract phase, but we hope teries with ecofacts, etc.), with, however, it is clear that our that there will be subsequent

4 9 The Whole Equals the Sum of “fuzziness”, as she puts it, was that you didn’t need a clergyman its Parts: OWU’s Second Folio to validate the marriage, nor did you need to register your rela- tionship. Marriage existed as an exchange of vows, not necessar- ily in front of a church or wit- nesses. Add to this the complica- tion that there was no way to divorce a spouse: the marriage was either annulled, or termi- nated by death. Karras covers a large swath of time and customs over the Karras’ work on medieval gender has been called “paradigm shifting” course of her book, and peppers her work with the stories of vari- Prize by the American Historical ous complicated women. As Association and has been Mathew Kuefler of San Diego dubbed “a must-read for medie- State University claims, “Her valists” by Judith M. Bennet of conclusions about changing defi- the University of Southern Cali- nitions of the marital union, its fornia. imprecise boundaries, and the The book focuses on the varied alternatives to it— The title page of OWU’s Second Folio. The poem is on the left page. kinds of relationships between cohabitation and concubinage, By Sidney Kochman and Made- is entirely complete, the closer couples outside of “traditional” clerical marriages and marriages line Lank observer will notice that the fo- marriage. In a podcast interview between individuals of different It’s one of the many lio is a myriad of mixed parts. with the University of Pennsyl- faiths, to name but a few—bear treasures of the Special Collec- 1000 copies of the Sec- vania Press, Karras explains that meaningful repercussions for tions Library—the Second Folio ond Folio were printed follow- “although marriage was univer- modern debates about marriage." of Shakespeare’s works, printed ing the success of in sally acknowledged as an ideal Why does Karras think we in 1632. The Second Folio was 1624. It is estimated that half of form of life, it was not quite as should care about medieval mar- given to the university by an those published now survive. dominant in practice.”Thus you riage? As Karras states, people 1875 alumnus, Dr. Frank Gun- The initial copies were distrib- could get instances where a mar- today tend to assume that the saulus, at the 1918 commence- uted among five different book- ried man and an unmarried only relationships in the past ment. Bound in Moroccan sellers according to the number woman might live together as were “traditional” marriages. leather, the Second Folio was of plays to which they owned husband and wife—a crime of But as Karras demonstrates, al- repaired in 1989 through the ef- the rights. The title page of our bigamy. Yet proof of bigamy ternative lifestyles aren’t the in- forts of then Special Collections copy indicates the folio was to was difficult to discover, as vention of the modern age. Al- Librarian Hilda Wick, who re- be sold by Robert Allot, who there was no written documenta- ternative relationships have al- tired in 2009. Although the folio owned the rights to 16 of the tion of the marriage. ways existed in the system. has held together ever since, and plays, therefore received twice One of the sources of

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A preview of talks monograph on The Travels of to come Marco Polo. Though a specific topic has not yet been officially selected for her talk, Kinoshita is slated to speak about new ways of viewing Marco Polo. Specifi- cally, that we may be wrong to view his writing as an authentic example of travel narrative. In a blog entry titled “Marco Polo Revisited”, Kinoshita suggests that the idea of explorer-writer Marco Polo is a culture con- struct. Citing the prologue of his co-authored book Le Devise- Kinoshita also received a MLA prize for ment du monde (among several Medieval Boundaries. sources), Kinoshita poses that much of what Marco Polo wrote Part of the Effigies page. A number of Second Folios were damaged by collectors removing By Madeline Lank was not witnessed, but related what’s believed to be Milton’s first published poem. Here are two more reasons to by others. as many copies as the other four different watermarks throughout, look forward to April. The Karras is a professor of his- sellers combined. the paper was made by several AMRS department will be host- tory at the University of Minne- The Second Folio was different groups. In some places, ing two influential medieval sota, as well as the co-editor of the first edition of Shakespeare’s the type was inked over. scholars: Sharon Kinoshita on the academic journal Gender plays to include substantial third The Second Folio is also Apr. 4, and Ruth Mazo Karras and History. She specializes in party editing. Many Greek and the home of John Milton’s first on Apr 9. women, gender and sexuality in Latin names as well as portions published English poem, An Epi- Kinoshita, professor of lit- medieval western Europe and of dialogue in Latin were taph on the admirable erature at the University of Cali- has written numerous articles on “corrected” to be more gram- Dramatick poet W. Shakespeare. fornia Santa Cruz and the co- the subject—from “Knighthood, matical. Milton collectors often simply director of the USCS center for Compulsory Heterosexuality, That’s not to say that the removed the Effigies from Sec- Mediterranean studies, comes to and Sodomy” to “Marriage, copies were more refined. With ond Folios and left the book it- us under the auspices of the Concubinage, and the Law”. new edits come new errors. self behind. According to a sur- Silk Road Course connection. Karras is also the author of Within our folio, the size of the vey by Sidney Lee, only 1 in 15 She is the author Medieval Unmarriages: Women, Men, and type varies from page to page— Second Folios had their original Boundaries: Rethinking Differ- Sexual Unions in the Middle sometimes within the same play. title page and last leaf un- ence in Old French Literature, Ages (2012). The book was The numbering of pages is in- touched. and is currently working on a awarded the Joan Kelly Book consistent and, judging by the Cont. on pg 10

6 7 From Canada To Cork: Where AMRS students Went By Alyssa Reed For AMRS students, Ire- land is a remarkable country to visit. I found it to be a place of both constant historical interest and overwhelming beauty during my semester in Cork. The Irish countryside is littered with ar- chaeological monuments— prehistoric portal tombs and boundary stones, Bronze Age and Iron Age ring forts, medie- val castles, and ruined famine houses. Scott Wentworth as Shylock. The production updated the setting to 1930s fas- The peninsula that forms cist Italy, focusing on the drama of Shakespeare’s comedy. County Kerry has a loop around Court Tomb near Glencolumbcille. By Jake Simpson minimal costumes, sets, and it commonly known as the Ring Over October break, my props, and sometimes using of Kerry. It’s got stunning class—Shakespeare and the Es- original pronunciation based on cliffs, beautiful sea views, and of end exploring with some friends. thetics of Diversity—traveled to documents from the Elizabethan course, historical monuments Unique to this area is the court Stratford, Canada, to see period. The Romeo and Juliet scattered throughout. Equal in tomb style of prehistoric tomb, Othello, The Merchant of Ven- production was an original prac- beauty and archaeological rich- found only in the top third of the ice, and Romeo and Juliet. We tice performance, and it was ness is the northwest county of country. I had the most amazing were focusing specifically on really cool to see the ideas we Donegal, where I spent a week- time! performance choices, staging, learned about on stage. and the way they impacted the We had been covering audience's interpretation of the Merchant of Venice the week plays. before in class, with special em- We attended a workshop phasis on Shylock and his por- with some actors on original trayal, so the Stratford produc- practice performances of Shake- tion was very interesting. Their speare. The point of original Shylock walked the line between practices is to get as close as victim and villain, and ended up possible to the experience of extremely believable. Shakespeare's actors and audi- Our Stratford trip was a ence: working from small scripts fantastic way to realize the con- with only the actor's own lines cepts my class covered over the and cues, not practicing together past semester. before the performance, using Drombeg Stone Circle, West Cork