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Dissertation Alteration, Twitter Project, & Orm’s Repetition Reconsidered

Posted on March 23, 2014 by

Well, I seem to be one of those “occasional” bloggers, but it’s not for lack of desire to blog. It’s more like a lack of time and energy to blog. Sometimes I post to work things out, other times I … Continue reading →

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10-Month Blog Hiatus and What Have I Got…?

Posted on September 11, 2013 by

So, I finished the first chapter of my dissertation last November (right before my last blog post on a mini publication I’d been asked to write for SMART), and in January, my meeting on said chapter went exceedingly well. Sure, … Continue reading →

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“Somewhere I Belong” & Early Middle English

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

Perhaps Linkin Park’s “Somewhere I Belong” is not the best song about “belonging” that could have popped into my mind when thinking about the place of early Middle English instruction in the Old English curriculum, but it captures the abandonment, … Continue reading →

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“fyr on flode” in Beowulf

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

So, my first dissertation chapter deals with how early medieval English writers dealt with the sea, metaphorically, in a redemptive away when faced with exile/displacement. Exile at sea seems to be linked to the idea of control, ultimately. The more … Continue reading →

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My Sacred Quest

Posted on October 16, 2012 by

Last week, I spent all week in libraries in Oxford and then Cambridge. I began in Oxford in order to finish with MSS Bodley 343 and Jesus College 29, as well as to go over the microfilm images of the … Continue reading →

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Fiddling with Manuscripts at Last!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

I have now been living in London for just under six weeks, and the first “Poema Morale” manuscript that I was able to see was London, British Library, Egerton 613, which contains not one but two copies of the poem. … Continue reading →

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Come Muddle with Me!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

Welcome to Muddling through the Medieval! This blog is dedicated to my efforts to research and write a dissertation on early medieval English literature, the title of which is currently “Wræclastas: Paths of Redemption in Early Medieval English Literature.” I … Continue reading →

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