Background
Heffernan, Carol Falvo was born on November 7, 1944 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Leo Joseph and Mary Falvo.
(The idea of the Orient is a major motif in Chaucer and me...)
The idea of the Orient is a major motif in Chaucer and medieval romance, and this new study reveals much about its use and significance, setting the literature in its historical context and thereby offering fresh new readings of a number of texts. The author begins by looking at Chaucer's and Gower's treatment of the legend of Constance, as told by the Man of Law, demonstrating that Chaucer's addition of a pattern of mercantile details highlights the commercial context of the eastern Mediterranean in which the heroine is placed; she goes on to show how Chaucer's portraits of Cleopatra and Dido from the Legend of Good Women, read against parallel texts, especially in Boccaccio, reveal them to be loci of medieval orientalism. She then examines Chaucer's inventive handling of details taken from Eastern sources and analogues in the Squire's Tale, showing how he shapes them into the western form of interlace. The author concludes by looking at two romances, Floris and Blauncheflur and Le Bone Florence of Rome; she argues that elements in Floris of sibling incest are legitimised into a quest for the beloved, and demonstrates that Le Bone Florence be related to analogous oriental tales about heroic women who remain steadfast in virtue against persecution and adversity. Professor CAROL F. HEFFERNAN teaches in the Department of English, Rutgers University.
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English language and literature educator
Heffernan, Carol Falvo was born on November 7, 1944 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Leo Joseph and Mary Falvo.
AB, Barnard College, 1965; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1973.
Instructor, Monmouth College, West Long Branch, New Jersey, 1968-1969; instructor, Adelphi U., Garden City, New York, 1969-1972; instructor, Nassau Community College, Garden City, 1972-1973; assistant professor, United States Merchant Marine Academy, King Point, New York, 1973-1976; assistant professor, Rutgers University, Newark, 1976-1982; associate professor, Rutgers University, Newark, since 1982. Visiting professor Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, 1981.
(By exploring the hitherto neglected anthropological and s...)
(The idea of the Orient is a major motif in Chaucer and me...)
Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, Medieval Academy American, New Chaucer Society, International Courtly Literature Society.
Married Thomas Farel Heffernan, March 21, 1970. 1 child, Geoffrey Farel.