The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry
The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry By Alice Jorgensen Oral Tradition, Vol.24:2 (2009) Introduction: Battle and warfare…
The Dream of the Rood and the Image of Christ in the Early Middle Ages
The Dream of the Rood and the Image of Christ in the Early Middle Ages By Jeannette C Brock The Hanover Historical Review,…
Female Characters in Beowulf
They are neither passive nor powerless – they are actively struggling to define their place in the heroic world and their efforts are in many respects successful.
Monstrosity in Old English and Old Icelandic Literature
The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary examples of monstrosity from a modern theoretical perspective.
The medieval English begging poem
The medieval English begging poem By Dave Henderson PhD Dissertation, University of Missouri, 2008 Abstract: Since the only consistent feature of medieval English…
From Eve To Eve: Women’s Dreaming In The Middle Ages And Renaissance
In fictionalized accounts of women’s dreams from Old and Middle English texts, women’s dreams are repeatedly connected with the concept of deception, portraying the woman dreamer in the position of deceived, deceiver, or both.
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art Schweitzer, Ilse Marginalia, Vol.3 (2006) Abstract This image of the triumphant…
From Trial to Text
From Trial to Text de Hamel, Dr. Christopher Marginalia, Vol.5 (2007) Abstract MS 147 in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College was…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Where They Please: The Punctuation of Old English Poetry” Eric Weiskott (Yale University) This paper examined the use…
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric?
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric? By Richard Shaw (University of Toronto) Paper given at the Anglo-Saxon Studies…
Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium
Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium – Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference Held at the University of Toronto February 12, 2011 Nine papers were presented…
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero?
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero? Guenther, Kelly York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract The Old English Judith…
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles By Rafal Boryslawski Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Vol. 38 (2002) Abstract: This paper…
Monstrous Conversions: Recovering the Sacramental Bodies of The Passion of St. Christopher
This article examines the monstrous attributes of the dog-headed St. Christopher and his struggle to convert the pagan king Dagnus in the Old English Passion of St. Christopher.
Monstrous Landscapes: The Interdependence of Meaning between Monster and Landscape in Beowulf
In this paper I intend demonstrate that the monstrous margins in Beowulf are imbued with more than simply distance from the centre.
FROM ADDRESS TO DEBATE: GENERIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY
FROM ADDRESS TO DEBATE: GENERIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE DEBATE BETWEEN SOUL AND BODY Brent, J. Justin Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance…
Anglo-Latin Bilingualism before 1066: Prospects and Limitations
Anglo-Latin Bilingualism before 1066: Prospects and Limitations By Olga Timofeeva Interfaces between Language and Culture in Medieval England: A Festschrift for Matti Kilpiö, edited…
Diglossia in Anglo-Saxon England, or what was spoken Old English like?
This paper argues that the texts surviving from the Old English period do not reflect the spoken language of the bulk of the population under Anglo-Saxon elite domination.
Murdering the Narrator of the Wife’s Lament
The Old English poem The Wife’s Lament, famously difficult to interpret, has elicited a number of conflicting readings, re-readings and interpretations
The Politics of Tradition: Examining the History of the Old English Poems The Wife’s Lament and Wulf and Eadwacer
The Politics of Tradition: Examining the History of the Old English Poems The Wife’s Lament and Wulf and Eadwacer By Berit Åström PhD…
Three Anglo-Saxon prose passages: A translation and commentary
Our thesis set out to translate, with relevant commentary, the three prose passages found in the MS. Cotton Vitellius A. xv.
Multi-verbal expressions of ‘giving’ in Old English and Old Irish
Multi-verbal expressions of ‘giving’ in Old English and Old Irish By Patricia Ronan and Gerold Schneider Paper given at Corpus Linguistics Conference, Liverpool,…
Preachers’ Choice, or the Historical and Stylistic Development of the Uses of the Relatives in Medieval English Homilies
Preachers’ Choice, or the Historical and Stylistic Development of the Uses of the Relatives in Medieval English Homilies By Akiko Ono PhD Dissertation,…
The Lyric as Key to Salvation: An Example of Old English Poetry as Instrument of Meditation
The Lyric as Key to Salvation: An Example of Old English Poetry as Instrument of Meditation By Carolin Esser Paper given at the…
Questioning the Validity of Some Notes by Prominent Old English Scholars
Questioning the Validity of Some Notes by Prominent Old English Scholars Lee, Sung-Il Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, Volume 17 No. 1…