Beowulf and Related Topics
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Transience and Melancholy in Beowulf and Old English Elegies. Samantha Johnson, Metropolitan State College of Denver
This paper examines the use of liminality of spacial relations, heroic melancholy, and mapping as a means of remembering experiences as motifs to convey the themes of transience and nostalgia throughout Beowulf and Old English Elegies, specifically "The Wanderer" and "The Ruin"
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The Gendered Language of Power: Beowulf and Author-ity. Christina Fawcett, University of Glasgow
Gender, as a modern construction, constricts our reading of ancient texts and the social or political statements therein. In considering Beowulf, this paper addresses the role of women as authoritative voices both within and beyond the poem.
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Containment, Dualism, and the Poetics of Fading in the Works of Robert Lowell and the Beowulf Poet. Thomas Schneider, University of California, Riverside
The way Robert Lowell engages with and reinterprets Beowulf and other Old English literature in his poetry reveals deep thematic and historical links between the two literary traditions centuries apart, and sheds light on the development of English language poetry.
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The Limits of Authorship in Anglo-Saxon England. Aaron Kleist, Biola University
Examining the dynamic nature of Ælfrician works, this paper suggests that scholarship may be served by inclusion of works previously disregarded. By considering how different audiences heard or shaped his works at different places/times, we better appreciate the living nature of his corpus.
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