Beowulfs Beyond Beowulf: Transformations of Beowulf in Popular Culture
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture and the Monsters & the Monstrous Area of the Northeast Popular Culture Association
Organized by Michael A. Torregrossa, Carl Sell, Benjamin Hoover, and Richard Fahey
55th NeMLA Convention, Boston, MA, 7-10 March 2024
Updated 3/8/2024
Saturday
Mar 9 Track 16
01:15-02:45
16.29 Beowulfs Beyond Beowulf: Transformations of Beowulf in Popular Culture (Part 1)
Chair: Michael Torregrossa, Bristol Community College
Chair: Richard Fahey, University of Notre Dame
Location: Dalton B (Media Equipped)
British & Cultural Studies and Media Studies
"Performing Beowulf" Chris Vinsonhaler, City University of New York (BMCC) [WITHDRAWN]
"A 'Thorn and Steel Grendel': Attacking the Mead Hall in The Hyperion Cantos" Benjamin Yusen, Indiana University-Bloomington
"Beowulf Transformed is Beowulf Preserved What’s Old is New Again The Recovery of its Lost Story" James the Howard of Buckingham, Independent Scholar
Saturday
Mar 9 Track 17
03:00-04:30
17.29 Beowulfs Beyond Beowulf: Transformations of Beowulf in Popular Culture (Part 2)
Chair: Michael Torregrossa, Bristol Community College
Location: Dalton B (Media Equipped)
British & Cultural Studies and Media Studies
"Authenticity and the Genre of Historical Fiction in Beowulf Adaptations for Young Readers" Melissa Filbeck, Texas A&M University
"Beowulf, Exile, and Endless Sword Fights" Maureen Gokey, Russell Sage College
"Beowulf after Beowulf: Continuations of the Old English Epic in Popular Culture" Michael Torregrossa, Bristol Community College
"Contemporary Beowulfs: Translation and Representation" Richard Fahey, University of Notre Dame