IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1623: Exploring Borders and Liminal Spaces, II
Thursday 15 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research (MEMO), Swansea University |
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Organiser: | Simon Meecham-Jones, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge / Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Research, Swansea University |
Moderator/Chair: | Thomas Horler-Underwood, Department of History, Swansea University |
Paper 1623-a | 'In one sumere dale': Liminality in the Owl and the Nightingale (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Middle English |
Paper 1623-b | Crossing Boundaries: Travellers and Visitors to St Guthlac's beorg (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Old English |
Abstract | An investigation of the depiction of metaphorical, prohibitory, and defining 'borders' in Old English and Early Middle English texts, and the light this sheds on actual or perceived states of liminality. |