Matilda Tomaryn Bruckner is an American scholar of

medieval French literature In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with the fall of the West ...

. She is an authority on French romance from the twelfth and thirteenth century, and author and editor of four books on romance,

Chrétien de Troyes Chrétien de Troyes (; ; 1160–1191) was a French poet and trouvère known for his writing on King Arthur, Arthurian subjects such as Gawain, Lancelot, Perceval and the Holy Grail. Chrétien's chivalric romances, including ''Erec and Enide'' ...

, and the women

troubadour A troubadour (, ; ) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100–1350). Since the word ''troubadour'' is etymologically masculine, a female equivalent is usually called a ''trobairitz''. The tr ...

Professional career

Bruckner received her A.B. from

Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr College ( ; Welsh language, Welsh: ) is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as a ...

and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. She taught at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

for eight years, before accepting a position at

Boston College Boston College (BC) is a private university, private Catholic Jesuits, Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1863 by the Society of Jesus, a Catholic Religious order (Catholic), religious order, t ...

in 1983, where she is a professor of French.

Publications

*''Chrétien Continued: A Study of the Conte du Graal and its Verse Continuations''. New York: Oxford UP, 2009. *''Songs of the Women Troubadours'', with Laurie Shepard and Sarah White. New York: Garland, 1995 (revised paperback edition 2000). *''Shaping Romance: Interpretation, Truth, and Closure in Twelfth-Century French Fictions''. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania P, 1993. *''Narrative Invention in Twelfth-Century French Romance: The Convention of Hospitality (1160-1200)''. Lexington: French Forum, 1980.

References

External links

Matilda Bruckner at Boston College
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bruckner, Matilda Living people American literary critics American women literary critics Boston College faculty Bryn Mawr College alumni Princeton University faculty Yale University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)