IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1601: Alfredian Voices, I: Revoicing Gregory, Augustine, and Boethius
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
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 1601-a | The Middle-Most Man: Calcidius's Latin Commentary in the Alfredian Boethius (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Philosophy |
Paper 1601-b | The Old English Soliloquies: The Soul's Memory of the Earthly Life (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Lay Piety, Political Thought |
Paper 1601-c | Voicing Wonder in Alfredian Dialogues (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Language and Literature - Latin, Learning (The Classical Inheritance), Rhetoric |
Abstract | The past decade has witnessed a major re-assessment of the writings associated with King Alfred. With the centuries-old consensus that Alfred was himself the 'father' of English prose now in doubt, the time is ripe for scholars to rethink - and rewrite - the literary history of late-9th and early-10th century Anglo-Saxon England. This session explores Alfredian revoicings of works by Gregory, Augustine, and Boethius. Individual papers will address the sources, content, and structure of the Old English Dialogues, Boethius, and Soliloquies. |