IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1051: Early Medieval English in the Modern Age, I: Global and Fictional Perspectives on Old English Afterlives
Wednesday 8 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
| Organisers: | Thijs Porck, Centre for the Arts in Society, Universiteit Leiden Oliver M. Traxel, Institutt for kultur- og språkvitenskap, Universitetet i Stavanger |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Rachel Fletcher, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow |
| Paper 1051-a | 'Der Mann gehört uns an': King Alfred's Operatic Afterlife and the Pan-Germanic Movement (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Music, Performance Arts - Drama |
| Paper 1051-b | Wulf and Eadwacer in 1830 New Zealand (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Comparative, Language and Literature - Old English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1051-c | Re-Imagining Early Medieval Britain (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Old English, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | This is the first of two sessions on 'Early Medieval English in the Modern Age: Old English across Temporal Borders', which focusses on how scholars, poets, and literary authors have studied, translated and recreated Old English since 1500. Paper-a presents the impact and context of operas centered on the life Alfred the Great in 19th-century Germany. Paper-b considers Hamish Clayton's Wulf (2012), a novel based on the Old English poem Wulf and Eadwacer but set in a New Zealand context. Paper-c looks at the roles of historical fiction and fantasy literature in creating an image of early medieval Britain. |