Landscape and Spatial Poetics in the Literature of the British Isles

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Joanne Findon

Organizer Affiliation

Trent Univ.

Presider Name

Joanne Findon

Paper Title 1

Haunting Borderlands: Transformative Ecology of Affective Attachment in Walter Map's Tale "Of King Herla"

Presenter 1 Name

Emily Russell

Presenter 1 Affiliation

George Washington Univ.

Paper Title 2

Tiddy Mun and the Vampyre of the Fens: Reading Beowulf on the Isle of Ely

Presenter 2 Name

Christopher Abram

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Start Date

8-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

"Landscape and Spatial Poetics in the Literature of the British Isles"

The past few years have seen increasing interest in concepts of landscape and the significance of space and place in medieval literary studies. This session seeks to extend the discussion of spatial poetics to include texts from all the languages of the British Isles.

Joanne Findon