IMC 2013: Sessions

Session 1534: Intoxication and Alternative Consciousness: Christian Permutations of a Classical Tradition

Sponsor:	Monash Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Monash University, Victoria
Organiser:	Constant J. Mews, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria
Moderator/Chair:	Diana Marie Jeske, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria
Paper 1534-a	Bernard of Clairvaux on Intoxication: Transforming Origen and Platonic Tradition on the Song of Songs (Language: English) Constant J. Mews, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Monasticism, Theology
Paper 1534-b	Drunk with Blood: Statius's Influence on Dante's Inferno (Language: English) Evangelina Anagnostou-Laoutides, School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, Monash University, Victoria Index terms: Language and Literature - Italian, Language and Literature - Latin
Abstract	Intoxication or inebriation was not just part of the reality of life in the ancient and medieval world, but a metaphor for understanding alternative forms of consciousness and spiritual experience. These papers explore different ways in which a classical theme, central to both Greek and Latin literature, were reinterpreted in a Christian context between the 12th and early 14th centuries.