Marginal Bodies, Corporeal Communities in Anglo-Saxon England

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Columbus State Univ.

Organizer Name

Shannon N. Godlove

Organizer Affiliation

Columbus State Univ.

Presider Name

Shannon N. Godlove

Paper Title 1

Dismemberment and the Heroic Body

Presenter 1 Name

Amity Reading

Presenter 1 Affiliation

DePauw Univ.

Paper Title 2

"Þæt wæs geomuru ides!": Hildeburh's Meta-Body as Critique of the Anglo-Saxon Heroic Code

Presenter 2 Name

Marjorie Housley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 3

Metamorphosis as Metaphor: Shape-Shifting and the Anglo-Saxon Body

Presenter 3 Name

Gwendolyne Knight

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Stockholms Univ.

Paper Title 4

Ruling the Microcosm: The Monastic Body as Assemblage in Byrhtferth's Ammonitio amici

Presenter 4 Name

Kyle Joseph Williams

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Start Date

17-5-2015 8:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1145