Joanne Findon

Joanne Findon received her doctorate from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, where her dissertation focussed on women in medieval Irish literature. Her book "A Woman's Words: Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle" was published in 1997. While she continues to publish new work on female characters in some of the lesser-known medieval Irish prose tales, her abiding interest in women's speech and agency in medieval literature has led her to focus most recently on...See more

Joanne Findon received her doctorate from the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, where her dissertation focussed on women in medieval Irish literature. Her book "A Woman's Words: Emer and Female Speech in the Ulster Cycle" was published in 1997. While she continues to publish new work on female characters in some of the lesser-known medieval Irish prose tales, her abiding interest in women's speech and agency in medieval literature has led her to focus most recently on Middle English romance and drama, and she has published several articles in these areas. She is Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, where she teaches courses on Chaucer, medieval drama, medieval romance, creative writing, and children's literature. See less