Joan M. Ferrante
Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature

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Joan M. Ferrante

Biography

Barnard BA, 1958, Columbia PhD, 1962.? ?Faculty member of the department 1963-2006.?
Field:? Comparative Medieval Literature including Dante, Proven?al Lyric, Allegory, Epic, Romance, Medieval Women; also taught Women, Religion, and Human Rights.?
Books:??Woman as Image in Medieval Literature?(1975);?To the Glory of her Sex:? Women’s Roles in the Composition of Medieval Texts?(1997);?The Political Vision of the Divine Comedy?(1984);?The Conflict of Love and Honor:? The Medieval Tristan Legend?(1973).? Translations:??Guillaume d’Orange:? Four Epics?(1974);?The Lais of Marie de France,?with Robert W. Hanning (1978);?The Romance of Thebes, with Robert W. Hanning (2018).? Database of medieval women’s correspondence,?Epistolae?(https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/).
Professional Service:? [first woman] President of Dante Society of America (1985 -1991); President of Medieval Academy of America (2000-2001), Fellow since 1982; President of National Society of Phi Beta Kappa (1991-1994).