IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 801: Rendering the Past and Visualizing the Future in Medieval Literature
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Alexandra L. Domingue, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Philip A. Shaw, School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics, University of Sheffield |
Paper 801-a | The Once and Future Hero: Views of Destiny in Malory's Morte Darthur (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Middle English |
Paper 801-b | Eriugena, Remigius of Auxerre, and Alfred the Great: Examining the Connections (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Philosophy |
Paper 801-c | Isidore of Seville: Reinterpreting the Past and Influencing the Present (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Historiography - Medieval, Learning (The Classical Inheritance) |
Abstract | Our session examines the ways in which way cultures reinterpret medieval literature and philosophy for their own purposes, rendering the past into a vision of the future. Alexandra Domingue will examine to what extent Anglo-Saxon England may have had indirect access to John Scottus Eriugena's Periphyseon and the extent to which this latter text may have been appropriated and used in the Alfredian Consolation of Philosophy. Jamie Wood will analyse Isidore of Seville's strategic reuse and reinterpretation of classical and late-antique texts in historical works. |