Interiority in Old English Prose and Poetry

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Institute for Medieval Studies, Univ. of New Mexico

Organizer Name

Ann D'Orazio

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of New Mexico

Presider Name

Ann D'Orazio

Paper Title 1

"Inneweard Mod" and the Mind-Body Confluence of Alfred's Old English Boethius

Presenter 1 Name

Elan Justice Pavlinich

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of South Florida

Paper Title 2

Anxiously Pursuing Peace: The Seafarer and the Old English Consolatio

Presenter 2 Name

David Pedersen

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 3

Making Generic Room for Interiority in The Wife's Lament

Presenter 3 Name

Jonathan Davis-Secord

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of New Mexico

Paper Title 4

The Interior Reparation of the Communal Body of Christ: Penance and the Eucharist in Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 4 Name

Rachel E. Grabowski

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Cornell Univ.

Start Date

14-5-2015 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

This session will include work that investigates conceptions of interiority in secular and religious writings of the Anglo-Saxons. The papers will discuss interiority as both a psychological and spiritual concept, as well as the notion of a dialectical relationship in which interiority is a key concept, in works such as The Wife’s Lament, The Seafarer, the Old English Boethius, and Augustine’s Penitentia.

Timothy C. Graham