Michel Zink - The Contemplation of God in Medieval Literature

A lecture by French writer, medievalist, philologist and professor, Michel Zink, delivered March 5th 2009, at the University of Chicago. Michel Zink is Chair of Medieval Literature at the Collège de France. One of the preeminent medievalists of his generation, he has authored groundbreaking books on topics such as literary subjectivity in the medieval period, medieval literature and culture, and analysis of currently changing historiographical approaches. He is the author of La Subjectivité littéraire autour du siècle de saint Louis (1985, trans. 1999), Le Moyen Âge et ses chansons ou un passé en trompe-l'oeil (1996, trans. 1998), and Poésie et conversion au Moyen Âge (2004). He was elected to the Académie française in 2017.