Joan Grenier-Winther
Joan Grenier-Winther came to Washington State University in 1991. Her research involves preparing critical editions of the lyric poetry of medieval French knights as found in late 14th, 15th and early 16th c. manuscripts located in France and around the world. Her edition of the poetry and correspondence of the 14th c. knight, Jean de Werchin, sénéchal de Hainaut, was published in Montreal by the Editions CERES (McGill University) in 1996. Her critical edition of the works of the 14th c. Savoyard knight, Oton de Granson, appears in the collection "Classiques français du Moyen Age" (Paris: Honoré Champion, 2010). Granson's poetry about unrequited love was well known in his day by poets in Spain and in England, including Geoffrey Chaucer and John Gower. Both Granson and Chaucer included the first references to love and Saint Valentine in their works, and from there, it is likely that the modern St. Valentine's Day tradition was born. She is currently working with Professor Peter Nicholson of the University of Hawai'i, Manoa, on an English translation of a selection of Granson's poems. She is also developing a print and electronic, database-driven edition of the anonymous 14 -15th c. poem "La Belle dans qui eut mercy" ["The Beautiful Lady Who Had Mercy"]. Professor Grenier-Winther was a 2006 recipeint of a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to support her development of these print and online editions of Middle French poetry; she has also received funding from the American Bibliographic Society, as well as from various WSU research and travel grants. Professor Grenier-Winther has extensive experience teaching all levels of French language, culture and literature.
Courses
| Course ID | Title | Meeting Time | Location | Semester | Syllabus |
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| FORL 101 | Introduction to the World of Languages | Online | Fall 2010 | ||
| FREN 110 [H] | Introduction to French Film | Online w/face-to-face final exam. | Spring 2011 |
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Recent Publications
Critical Editions
Grenier-Winther, Joan, ed. Les Poésies d’Oton de Granson (c. 1340 – 1397) Paris,
Geneva: Éditions Honoré Champion/Slatkine, “Classiques Français du Moyen
Âge”, 2010.
---, ed. ‘Le Songe de la barge’ de Jean de Werchin, sénéchal de Hainaut (XVe siècle).
Montreal: Éditions CERES (McGill University, Montréal),1996.
Research Articles
Grenier-Winther, Joan. “On Authorship of La Belle dame qui eut mercy,” in Othon de
Grandson, chevalier et poète. Ed. Jean-François Kosta-Théfaine. (Orléans,
France: Éditions Paradigme, 2007): 33-64.
---. “Server-Side Databases, the World Wide Web, and the Editing of Medieval
Poetry: The Case of La Belle dame qui eut mercy,” in The Book Unbound: New
Directions in Editing and Reading Medieval Books and Texts. Eds. Stephen T.
Partridge and Sian Echard. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004): 190-
220.
---. “Lectio multiplicior, lectio potior: On the Form and Impact of Electronic Hypermedia
Editions” in Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Vol. 2, The
Future of the Middle Ages and The Renaissance: Problems, Trends, and
Opportunities in Research (Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 1998): 53-67.
---. “Merciful and Merciless Ladies: Some Considerations in Moving from Print to
Electronic Editions of Medieval Texts.” Studies in Medievalism (Cambridge: D. S.
Brewer, 1997): 239-256.
---. “Jean de Werchin’s Le Songe de la barge: Speculum principis and Royalist
Apology.” Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Duke University) 25
(1995): 177-205.
Education
- PhD University of Maryland, College Park
- M.A. George Washington University
- B.A. University of New Hampshire