Joan M. Ferrante Explained

Joan Marguerite Aida Ferrante (born November 11, 1936) is an American scholar of medieval literature.

She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.^[1] She received a bachelor of arts from Barnard College in 1958 and a master's and PhD from Columbia University in 1959 and 1962, respectively.^{[1] [2]} She taught at Hunter College and Barnard, and as an instructor at Columbia, before becoming a professor at Columbia in 1966.^[1] She retired in 2006.^[2]

Ferrante was president of the Medieval Academy of America in 2000. Before that, she was president of the Dante Society of America and Phi Beta Kappa.^[3] A conference was held in 2001 on the occasion of her 65th birthday. A Festschrift titled Medieval Constructions in Gender and Identity: Essays in Honor of Joan M. Ferrante, which collected papers given at the conference, was published in 2005.^[4]

Publications

• The Conflict of Love and Honor: The Medieval Tristan Legend in France, Germany and Italy (1973)^[5]
• Guillaume d'Orange: Four Twelfth-Century Epics (1974)^[6]
• Woman as Image in Medieval Literature (1975)^[7]
• The Political Vision of the Divine Comedy (1984)^[8]
• To the Glory of Her Sex: Women's Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts (1997)^[9]

Notes and References

1. Book: Contemporary Authors. Contemporary Authors. Gale. 1980. 978-0-8103-0047-7. Locher. Frances Carol. 85–88. 175. 34034542.
2. Web site: Joan M. Ferrante. 2022-01-22. Columbia University. June 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210610073539/https://english.columbia.edu/content/joan-m-ferrante-0. live.
3. 2000. Joan M. Ferrante. Le Cygne. 6. 6 . 68–70. 1087-9501. 44634949.
4. O’Donnell. Thomas. 2007. Medieval Constructions in Gender and Identity: Essays in Honor of Joan M. Ferrante ed. by Teodolinda Barolini. Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. en. 38. 1. 260–262. 10.1353/cjm.2007.0007. 1557-0290.
5. Reviews of Conflict of Love and Honor:
   • Green. D. H.. January 1976. none. Modern Language Review. 71. 1. 119–120. 10.2307/3724393. 3724393.
   • Trindade. 1977. none. Medium Ævum. 46. 2. 317–321. 10.2307/43628291. 43628291.
6. Reviews of Guillaume d'Orange:
   • Mériz. Diana Teresa. 1975. none. Olifant. 2. 4. 280–284. 0381-9132. 45297607.
   • Schenck. David P.. 1976. none. The French Review. 49. 3. 408. 0016-111X. 390185.
7. Reviews of Woman as Image:
   • Klein. Karen. 1977. none. Signs. 2. 3. 688–690. 10.1086/493397 . 0097-9740. 3173275.
   • Kelly. H. A.. July 1977. none. Speculum. en. 52. 3. 715–721. 10.2307/2854946. 0038-7134. 2854946.
8. Reviews of Political Vision:
   • Suitner. Franco. 1986. none. Lettere Italiane. 38. 3. 442–444. 0024-1334. 26263879.
   • Kay. Richard. October 1986. none. Speculum. 61. 4. 925–927. 10.2307/2853993. 0038-7134. 2853993.
   • Herzman. Ronald B.. 1986. none. Italica. 63. 3. 306. 10.2307/478633. 478633.
9. Reviews of To the Glory of Her Sex:
   • Appelt. Ursula. 1998. none. Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature. 17. 2. 349. 10.2307/464393. 464393.
   • Hansen. Elaine Tuttle. 2000. none. Signs. 25. 2. 610–614. 10.1086/495469 . 0097-9740. 3175584.
   • Fraioli. Deborah. October 1999. none. Speculum. en. 74. 4. 1058–1060. 10.2307/2886996. 0038-7134. 2886996.
   • Blamires. Alcuin. 2001. none. Modern Philology. 98. 3. 446–450. 10.1086/492972 . 0026-8232. 438848.