IMC 2016: Sessions
Session 301: Eating the Book, III: The Consumption of Texts in Anglo-Saxon England
Monday 4 July 2016, 16.30-18.00
Organiser: | Francis Leneghan, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford |
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Moderator/Chair: | Francis Leneghan, Faculty of English Language & Literature, University of Oxford |
Paper 301-a | Swallowed Whole?: Old English Incorporation of Old Saxon Verse Elements (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 301-b | Consuming (in) the Dialogi: Food and Gardens in Werferth's Old English Dialogues (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Language and Literature - Old English, Lay Piety, Theology |
Abstract | Bringing together established scholars and postgraduate students from the USA, UK, Ireland, and Germany, the three 'Eating the Book' sessions will address the consumption and the digestion of texts and wisdom in Anglo-Saxon England. Papers will address topics such as the production and consumption of manuscripts; rumination; meditation; lectio divina; and the interpretation of signs. These sessions will provide plenty of food of thought. |