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Lara Farina
Associate Professor Ph.D. Fordham University Office: 335 Colson Hall Tel: 293-9715 Fax: 293-5380 Email: Lara.Farina@mail.wvu.edu |
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Specializations:
Medieval literature
Lara Farina specializes in English and continental medieval literature, medieval piety, and histories of gender and sexuality. Her research focuses on medieval women’s devotional literature and on medieval readers in their communities. She is the author of Erotic Discourse and Early English Religious Writing (Palgrave 2006) and has published articles in Exemplaria and Medieval Feminist Forum. She teaches the undergraduate courses, British Literature to 1800 (ENGL 261), Non-Western World Literature (ENGL 226), and Sexual Diversity in Literature and Film (ENGL 288), as well as courses in Chaucer (ENGL 361) and Literature of the Middle Ages (ENGL 360). At the graduate level, she has offered courses in medieval topics such as “Visions and Wonders” and “Textual Communities.”