Of the Same Bone and Blood: Anglo-Saxon and Other Germanic Literature in Comparative Perspective

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Larry Swain

Organizer Affiliation

Bemidji State Univ.

Presider Name

Larry Swain

Paper Title 1

It's All in Your Mind: The Power of Intellect, Psychology, and Choice in the Vatican Genesis and Genesis B

Presenter 1 Name

Mary Breann Leake

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 2

An Examination of Queens and King Slaying in Germanic Society

Presenter 2 Name

Sarah Barott

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Bemidji State Univ.

Paper Title 3

A Moment Left Unwritten: Problematizing “Caedmon's Hymn” and Moving Towards a Better Understanding of Early English Christianity through the Lens of Continental (and North) Germanic Literature

Presenter 3 Name

David Carlton

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Victoria

Start Date

10-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1155

Description

This session seeks to compare and contrast Germanic literatures on the continent with Anglo-Saxon literature on all levels. This is an understudied field and this session is the third in a sequence.

Larry J. Swain