CFP Anglo-Saxon Poetics in Contemporary Poetry

CALL FOR PAPERS

Anglo-Saxon Poetics in Contemporary Poetry

Medieval and Renaissance Forum 

Keene State College

Keene, NH

24-25 April 2015

On the occasion of the 36th Medieval and Renaissance Forum to be held at Keene State College in Keene, NH (April 24-25, 2015), we would like to invite scholars to submit paper proposals on the topic of Anglo-Saxon Poetics in Contemporary Poetry.

Please find below the abstract of the proposed session.

If you are interested in participating, please let us know by emailing a short description of your proposed topic by the 15th of January to Meriem Pagès at mpages@keene.edu.

We look forward to your ideas and proposals,

Best wishes,

William Doreski

English Depatment

Keene State College

Meriem Pagès

Forum Director

Keene State College

Anglo-Saxon Poetics in Contemporary Poetry.

We invite paper submissions on accentual and alliterative rhythm, syntax, and structure in modern and contemporary poetry since Hopkins (with particular attention to Ted Hughes, who claims for accentual verse a central place in the development of English poetry). We also encourage the submission of proposals on the frequently cited preference for Germanic root words over Latinate.