The 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies
Victorian Medievalism: Translation and Adaptation
Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 11-14, 2017
This session seeks proposals which intend to explore Victorian translations of medieval texts as the transmission of cultural capital and as acts of transformation. More specifically, papers might address some of the following questions: how did Victorians adapt medieval texts to their own ideologies? How were medieval texts adapted into original compositions? How did Victorians approach translation and what does that reveal? How did Victorians think of faithfulness to the text? To the audience? What role did non-British scholars play in translating medieval texts into English (for example, Guðbrandur Vigfússon’s role in George Webbe Dasent’s translations, or Eiríkur Magnússon’s in William Morris’s output and thinking)?
Please send abstracts of 250-300 words to Daniel.Najork@asu.edu or dcnajork@gmail.com by September 15, 2016.