Research Interests
- Medieval French literature and culture
- Manuscript studies
- Romance and lyric
- Gender studies
My current research addresses the ways in which late medieval manuscript anthologies organize, communicate, and circulate knowledge. I am particularly interested in the place of Christine de Pizan's works in these manuscripts and am drawn to the interdisciplinary collaboration that enhances this research.
I am also interested in the cultural construction of gender and female voices in manuscripts, and especially in romance an lyric.
Education
Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington 1983
Honors & Awards
Palmes Academiques 2012
Recent Publications
Fresco, Karen L, editors Renaut de Bâgé: Le Bel Inconnu: ('Li Biaus Descouneüs'; 'The Fair Unknown') Routledge Revivals. New York: Routledge. 2021.
Fresco, Karen L., editors Authority of Images / Images of Authority: Shaping Political and Cultural Identities in the Pre-Modern World Studies in Medieval Culture. Medieval Institute Publications. 2017. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1ws7x4w
Fresco, Karen L. "Introduction". Fresco, Karen L. (editors). Authority of Images / Images of Authority: Shaping Political and Cultural Identities in the Pre-Modern World. Medieval Institute Publications. 2017, xiii-xviii. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1ws7x4w.5
Fresco, Karen L. and Charles D Wright Translating the Middle Ages Taylor and Francis. 2016. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315549965
Fresco, Karen L Le Livre des fais d’armes et de chevalerie de Christine de Pizan dans trois recueils manuscrits du quinzième siècle: (BnF fr. 603, Bordeaux BM 815 et Bruxelles KBR 9009-9011). Journée d’étude sur le Livre des fais d’armes et de chevalerie de Christine de Pizan, 21 Mar 2013, Paris, France, Paper, 2013.