With Emily Thornbury: Dark Age Classicisms

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Harvard English Dept. Medieval Colloquium

Organizer Name

Taylor Cowdery

Organizer Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Presider Name

Erica Weaver

Presider Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Paper Title 1

The Reincarnation of the Roman Heroine in the Old English Judith Poem

Presenter 1 Name

Kathryn Green

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Louisville

Paper Title 2

Aldhelm and the East: Greek Influences at Canterbury

Presenter 2 Name

Anna Johnson Lyman

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Paper Title 3

Virgil's Georgics in Dark Age Britain

Presenter 3 Name

Matthew T. Hussey

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Simon Fraser Univ.

Paper Title 4

Reinventing Classical Aesthetics in Anglo-Saxon England

Presenter 4 Name

Emily V. Thornbury

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Start Date

13-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

This session investigates the continued influence of Roman and Greek classical culture on Anglo-Saxon literature.

Taylor Cowdery