Irina Dumitrescu

Professor and Head of English Medieval Studies, University of Bonn

Irina Dumitrescu is professor of English medieval studies at the University of Bonn. Her writing has appeared in The London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times, The Atlantic and the LA Review of Books, among others. She is the author of The Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature (2018). She lives in Bonn in Germany.

Written by Irina Dumitrescu

Medieval manuscript illustration of a monk embracing a woman near a house surrounded by text and decorative elements.

Get medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf and Chaucer

When your reputation is at stake, get medieval on your haters: lessons from Beowulf, Margery Kempe and Geoffrey Chaucer

by Irina Dumitrescu