Word-Play: Proverbs in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Classics, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Univ. of Saskatchewan

Organizer Name

Richard L. Harris

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Saskatchewan

Presider Name

Sarah M. Anderson

Presider Affiliation

Princeton Univ.

Paper Title 1

Aesthetic Play and Riddlic Elements in the Old English Maxims

Presenter 1 Name

Matthew R. Bardowell

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Louis Univ.

Paper Title 2

Playing and Preaching with Proverbs in the Bon enseignement of Nicholas Bozon

Presenter 2 Name

Laurie Postlewate

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Barnard College

Paper Title 3

Why Is the Ceorl on the Back of a Boar? Some Verbal-Visual Contexts for Durham Proverb 10

Presenter 3 Name

Brian O'Camb

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ. Northwest

Paper Title 4

In the Beginning Was the Proverb: Communal Wisdom and Individual Deed in the Íslendingasögur

Presenter 4 Name

Richard L. Harris

Start Date

9-5-2013 7:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard 212