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Professor Emeritus Geraldine Barnes
BA,PhD (Lond.)
Emeritus Professor
Discipline of English and Writing
Discipline of English and Writing
Address
A20 - John Woolley Building
The University of Sydney
Co-General Editor of the series Making the Middle Ages (Brepols) and Medieval Voyaging (Brepols)
- Old Norse-Icelandic Studies
- Travel and Literature
- Middle English Literature
- Medievalism
Selected publications
Publications
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Books
- Barnes, G. (2014). The Bookish Riddarasogur: Writing Romance in Late Medieval Iceland. Copenhagen: University Press of Southern Denmark.
- Barnes, G. (2001). Viking America: The First Millennium. United Kingdom: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
Edited Books
- Barnes, G., Singleton, G. (2005). Travel and Travellers from Bede to Dampier. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Press.
Book Chapters
- Barnes, G. (2012). Traditions of the Monstrous in William Dampier's New Holland. In Judy Hayden (Eds.), Travel Narratives, the New Science and Literary Discourse, 1569 - 1750, (pp. 87-101). Surrey, UK: Ashgate. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2011). The Tristan Legend. In Marianne E. Kalinke (Eds.), The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus Realms, (pp. 61-76). Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
- Barnes, G. (2009). Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance. In Helen Fulton (Eds.), A Companion to Arthurian Literature, (pp. 190-201). West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
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Journals
- Barnes, G. (2012). Cognitive Dysfunction in Dinus saga dramblata and Le Roman de Perceval. Arthuriana, 22(1), 53-63. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2012). Rémundar saga keisarasonar: romance, epic, and the legend of Prester John. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 111(2), 208-223. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2011). Nostalgia, medievalism and the Vinland voyages. Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, 2(2), 141-154. [More Information]
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Conferences
- Barnes, G. (2009). Byzantium in the riddarasögur. 14th International Saga Conference, Gävle, Sweden: Gävle University Press.
- Barnes, G. (2009). The Giants of Tristrams Saga. 2009 Australasian Universities Language and Litertaure Association Conference: the human and the humanities in literature, language and culture, Australia: Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association.
- Barnes, G. (2006). 'Margin vs. Centre: Geopolitics in Nitida saga (a Cosmographical Comedy?)'. THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SAGA CONFERENCE (2006), Durham, UK: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University.
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2014
- Barnes, G. (2014). The Bookish Riddarasogur: Writing Romance in Late Medieval Iceland. Copenhagen: University Press of Southern Denmark.
2012
- Barnes, G. (2012). Cognitive Dysfunction in Dinus saga dramblata and Le Roman de Perceval. Arthuriana, 22(1), 53-63. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2012). Rémundar saga keisarasonar: romance, epic, and the legend of Prester John. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 111(2), 208-223. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2012). Traditions of the Monstrous in William Dampier's New Holland. In Judy Hayden (Eds.), Travel Narratives, the New Science and Literary Discourse, 1569 - 1750, (pp. 87-101). Surrey, UK: Ashgate. [More Information]
2011
- Barnes, G. (2011). Nostalgia, medievalism and the Vinland voyages. Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies, 2(2), 141-154. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2011). The Tristan Legend. In Marianne E. Kalinke (Eds.), The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus Realms, (pp. 61-76). Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
2009
- Barnes, G. (2009). Byzantium in the riddarasögur. 14th International Saga Conference, Gävle, Sweden: Gävle University Press.
- Barnes, G. (2009). Scandinavian Versions of Arthurian Romance. In Helen Fulton (Eds.), A Companion to Arthurian Literature, (pp. 190-201). West Sussex: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2009). The Giants of Tristrams Saga. 2009 Australasian Universities Language and Litertaure Association Conference: the human and the humanities in literature, language and culture, Australia: Australasian Universities Language and Literature Association.
2007
- Barnes, G. (2007). Meeting the Medieval Monstrous: An Australian Perspective. Arts: the Proceedings of the Sydney University Arts Association, 29, 9-26.
- Barnes, G. (2007). The 'Discourse of Counsel' and the 'Translated' Riddarasögur. In Judy Quinn, Kate Heslop, Tarrin Wills (Eds.), Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World: Essays in Honour of Margaret Clunies Ross, (pp. 375-397). Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2007). Travel and translatio studii in the Icelandic riddarasögur. In Vera Johanterwage & Stefanie Wurth (Eds.), Ubersetzen im skandinavischen Mittelalter, (pp. 123-139). Vienna: Fassbaender.
2006
- Barnes, G. (2006). 'Margin vs. Centre: Geopolitics in Nitida saga (a Cosmographical Comedy?)'. THE THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL SAGA CONFERENCE (2006), Durham, UK: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University.
- Barnes, G. (2006). Curiosity, Wonder, and William Dampier's Painted Prince. Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, 6(1), 31-50. [More Information]
- Barnes, G. (2006). Medieval Murder - Modern Crime Fiction. In Ruth Evans, Helen Fulton, David Matthews (Eds.), Medieval Cultural Studies : Essays in Honour of Stephen Knight, (pp. 241-254). Cardiff UK: University of Wales Press.
2005
- Barnes, G., Mitchell, A. (2005). Introduction. In Geraldine Barnes (with Gabrielle Singleton) (Eds.), Travel and Travellers from Bede to Dampier, (pp. 1-8). Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Press.
- Barnes, G., Mitchell, A. (2005). Passing through Customs: William Dampier's Medieval Baggage. In Stephanie Trigg (Eds.), Medievalism and the Gothic in Australian Culture, (pp. 131-145). Victoria, Australia: Brepols Publishers.
- Barnes, G., Singleton, G. (2005). Travel and Travellers from Bede to Dampier. Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Press.
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2004
- Barnes, G. (2004). Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction. TLS: The Times Literary Supplement, (5275), 28-28.
2003
- Barnes, G. (2003). The drama of faith west of Iceland. Scandinavia and Christian Europe in the Middle Ages, Germany: Hausdruckerei der Universitat Bonn.
2002
- Barnes, G., Mitchell, A. (2002). Measuring the Marvellous: Science and the Exotic in William Dampier. Eighteenth-Century Life, 26(3), 45-57.
2001
- Barnes, G. (2001). Funding the Chair of Australian Literature: a brief history of the public record. In Lee Jobling & Catherine Runcie (Eds.), Matters of Mind: Poems, Essays and Interviews in Honour of Leonie Kramer, (pp. 113-128). Australia: University of Sydney.
- Barnes, G. (2001). The Norse Discovery of America and the American Discovery of Norse (1828-1892). Studies in Medievalism, 11, 167-188.
- Barnes, G. (2001). Viking America: The First Millennium. United Kingdom: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
Selected Grants
2005
- Writing from the edge of the world medieval Icelandic literature and the quest for social identity, Barnes G, Clunies Ross M, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
- Minds, Bodies, Machines: a cultural and intellectual history of technologies in the 21st century, Barnes G, Coleman D, Dolan E, Finkelstein J, Hyland P, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Linkage Projects (LP)
2004
- Iceland and the Medieval World Picture, Barnes G, University of Sydney/Research & Development
- Insect societies and social butterflies: natural history and sociability in the romantic period, Barnes G, Coleman D, Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP)
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