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Scottish Sessions, MLA 2011 |
You can also browse the Scottish sessions from the MLA conventions in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
452. Twenty-First-Century Walter Scott
Saturday 8 January 8.30–9.45 a.m., J W Marriott Presiding: Caroline McCracken-Flesher, University of WyomingA special session
- "Scott in Space", Matthew Wickman, Brigham Young University, Utah
- "Late Scott and the End of Man", Ian Duncan, University of California, Berkeley
- "Walter Scott's Romanticism—In Performance", Caroline McCracken-Flesher
- "Scott's Two Lives of Napoléon", Celeste G. Langan, University of California, Berkeley
543. Scotland and the Idea of the North
Saturday 8 January 1.45–3 p.m., J W Marriott Programme arranged by the Discussion Group on Scottish Literature Presiding: David Radcliffe, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State University
- "Gourdies Without Borders: Revulsion, Resistance, and Refiguring the North in Medieval Literature", Joseph Taylor, University of Alabama, Huntsville
- "True Views of Scotland: Illustrated Supplements to Sir Walter Scott's Work", Gina Terry, Texas A&M University, College Station
- "Singing the North: Myth, Epic, and Tragedy in Operatic Scotland", Susan Oliver, University of Salford, UK
712. Lord Byron: Lives and Afterlives
Sunday 9 January 8.30–9.45 a.m., J W Marriott Program arranged by the Byron Society of America Presiding: Cheryl Fallon Giuliano, University of California, Los Angeles
- "Byron's Life as a Collector and His Pursuit of an Epic Voice", John Clubbe, University of Kentucky
- "Byron in the Nineteenth-Century Pantheon", Tom Mole, McGill University, Montreal
- "Lord Byron: Vampire", Catherine Ann Siemann, Cooper Union, New York