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English Literature (to 1700) II: Timescapes and Landscapes

Session 7 - Sunday 1:00-2:30pm
Ching Hall 250
Presiding Officer: 
Hilda Ma
  1. The Constant Meanwhile: Simultaneity and Revision in Paradise Lost. Chris Barrett, Harvard University

    I examine representations of simultaneity in the timescape of Paradise Lost, arguing that the availability of each moment for narrative revision—necessary for the narration of simultaneous events—performed important work for Milton in the context of an abandoned revolution.

  2. A Table in the Wilderness: The Great Hall Grove and Constructed Authority in Paradise Regained. Elizabeth Weixel, Western Kentucky University

    Paradise Regained parodies the country house poem to distinguish between forests as divine creation and great halls of conspicuous consumption. Using notions of Christian equality, his great-hall grove undermines England’s social hierarchy and resonates in rumbling discontent latent in historical and literary forests.

  3. The Environmental Consequences of Chivalry in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. Michael Hougentogler, University of California, Los Angeles

    This paper proposes a re-reading of Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival (c. 1200–1210) which considers the relationship between despoiled landscapes and knighthood as reflective of the broader environmental concerns the emerged during the High Middle Ages.

Session Type: 
Standing Session
Session Status: 
Closed