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Hennessy, Marlene Villalobos

Assistant Professor
1233HW / Office Hour:
(212) 772-5078
marlene.hennessy@hunter.cuny.edu

Marlene Villalobos Hennessy received her Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University in 2001.

Her areas of interest include Old and Middle English Literature, Medieval Women, Medieval Manuscripts and the History of the Book, and Medieval Religious Culture. She teaches courses on Chaucer, Early British Literature, and the History of the English Language, among others. She is currently working on a book-length project entitled Speaking Crucifixes: Aspects of Passion Devotion in Late Medieval England. This study explores the place of images and image-making in English devotional literature and manuscript art during the later Middle Ages.

Her recent publications include articles in Mediaeval Studies, Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Journal of the Early Book Society. In 2003-2004 she was an Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto.

 

 


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