Lecture by NY medievalist Marlene Hennessy entitled "Books That Bleed: Medieval Manuscripts and Book Metaphors.”

Medieval scholar Marlene Villalobos Hennessy will deliver a lecture titled “Books That Bleed: Medieval Manuscripts and Book Metaphors.” Professor of English at Hunter College, CUNY, Hennessy has published numerous essays on late medieval British manuscripts and religious culture. She is currently completing a catalogue with Kathleen L. Scott, Book Ownership by Merchants and Artisans in Britain, c. 1300-1600. Her ongoing research project is a monograph titled Blood Writing: Manuscripts and Metaphors in the Late Middle Ages. This lecture, co-sponsored by the University of South Alabama’s English and history departments, will be held in the Marx Library Auditorium, and it will be followed by a reception in Marx Library Room 181.