Merlin and Time: The Time of Merlin
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Société Internationale des Amis de Merlin
Organizer Name
Anne Berthelot
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Presider Name
Kathleen Jarchow
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Paper Title 1
Merlin's Dominion: Canadian Confederation, Time, and Memory in John Reade's The Prophecy of Merlin and Other Poems
Presenter 1 Name
Laurel Ryan
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette
Paper Title 2
Apollinaire's "Enchanteur pourrissant": Merlin in the Wheel of Time
Presenter 2 Name
Anne Berthelot
Paper Title 3
The Child in the Tree: Merlin as an Image of Childhood and Loss in Jacques Roubaud's Great Fire of London
Presenter 3 Name
Florence Marsal
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Connecticut
Start Date
11-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1320
Description
This session will address the different ways some 19th- and 20th-centurywriters have tried to represent or to interpret Merlin’s relationship to time, from straightforward prophecy to T.H. White’s bizarre but immensely popular idea that the wizard lives backward.
Anne Berthelot
Merlin and Time: The Time of Merlin
Schneider 1320
This session will address the different ways some 19th- and 20th-centurywriters have tried to represent or to interpret Merlin’s relationship to time, from straightforward prophecy to T.H. White’s bizarre but immensely popular idea that the wizard lives backward.
Anne Berthelot