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Links Are Not Incorporated, Among Ror OLD ENGLISH NEWSLETTER Published for The Old English Division of the Modern Language Association of America by The Department of English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville VOLUME 43 NUMBER 1 & 2 2011 ISSN 0030-1973 Old English Newsletter Volume 43 Number 1 & 2 2011 Editor R. M. Liuzza, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Associate Editors Year’s Work in Old English Studies: Daniel Donoghue, Harvard University Bibliography: Robert Hasenfratz, University of Connecticut Contributing Editors Research in Progress: Heide Estes, Monmouth University Conference Abstracts: Dana Oswald, University of Wisconsin, Parkside Editorial Board Patrick W. Conner, West Virginia University Antonette diPaolo Healey, Dictionary of Old English David F. Johnson, Florida State University Catherine Karkov, University of Leeds Ursula Lenker, University of Munich Mary Swan, University of Leeds Assistant to the Editor: Teresa Lopez The Old English Newsletter (ISSN 0030-1973) is published for the Old English Division of the Modern Language As- sociation by the Department of English, University of Tennessee, 301 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN, 37996-0430; email [email protected]. The generous support of the Department of English at The University of Tennessee is gratefully acknowledged. Subscriptions: The rate for institutions is $20 US per volume; the rate for individuals is $15 per volume, but in order to reduce administrative costs the editors ask individuals to pay for two volumes at once at the discounted rate of $25. Individual back issues can be ordered for $5 each. All payments must be made in US dollars. A subscription form is online at www.oenewsletter.org/OEN/subscription_form.pdf. Correspondence: General correspondence regarding OEN, including changes of address, should be sent to the Editor; correspondence regarding the Year’s Work, Bibliography, Research in Progress or Abstracts should be sent to the re- spective Associate or Contributing Editors. Editorial addresses appear on the inside back cover. Submissions: OEN is a refereed periodical. Solicited and unsolicited manuscripts (except for independent reports and news items) are reviewed by specialists in anonymous reports. Scholars can assist the work of OEN by sending off- prints of articles, and notices of books or monographs, to the Editor. Material in OEN may be reproduced for noncommercial educational or scientific purposes. All other requests for permission to reprint items from OEN should be addressed to the Editor. Copyright © 2011 The University of Tennessee. www.oenewsletter.org The Year’s Work in Old English Studies 2008 Contributors Anthony Adams Colby College Rachel Anderson Grand Valley State University Dabney Bankert James Madison University John David Cormican Utica College Christopher Cain Towson University Craig R. Davis Smith College Glenn Davis St. Cloud State University Nicole Guenther Discenza University of South Florida Eugene Green Boston University John Harkness Augsburg College † B. Rand Hutchinson Independent Scholar Richard F. Johnson William Rainey Harper College Stefan Jurasinski State U of New York—Brockport Matti Kilpiö University of Helsinki Aaron Kleist Biola University Kevin Leahy Portable Antiquities Scheme Karmen J. Lenz Macon State College Joseph P. McGowan University of San Diego Zoya Metlitskaya Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Andrew Rabin University of Louisville Mary Rambaran-Olm University of Glasgow Kathryn Powell University of Cambridge Mary K. Ramsey Eastern MichiganUniversity Elizabeth A. Rowe Cambridge University Andrew Scheil University of Minnesota Douglas Simms Southern Illinois U–Edwardsville Larry Swain Bemidji State University Jun Terasawa University of Tokyo M. Jane Toswell University of Western Ontario Benjamin C. Withers University of Kentucky David Woodman Cambridge University Editor Daniel Donoghue Harvard University Contents Foreword 5 1 General and Miscellaneous Subjects 6 2 Memorials, Tributes, History of the Discipline 12 3 Language 21 a. Lexicon . 21 b. Syntax, Phonology, Other Aspects . 27 4 Literature 51 a. General and Miscellaneous . 51 b. Individual Poems. 60 c. Beowulf . 75 d. Prose . 100 5 Anglo-Latin and Ecclesiastical Works 116 6 Manuscripts, Illuminations, Charters 126 7 History and Culture 138 a. General Sources and Reference Works . 138 b. Religion and the Church . 140 c. Ecclesiastical Culture . 145 d. Society and the Family . 148 e. Gender and Identity . .151 f. The Economy, Settlement and Landscape . 152 g. Magic, Medicine and Science . 155 h. Law, Politics and Warfare . 155 i. Vikings . 162 j. The Norman Conquest and Settlement . 164 8 Names 167 9 Archaeology, Sculpture, Inscriptions, Numismatics 177 a. Excavations . 177 b. Numismatics . 184 c. Sculpture, Monuments, and Textiles. 185 d. The Anglo-Saxon Church. 191 e. Funerary Archaeology and Practices . 191 f. Regional Studies and Economic Studies . 195 g. Artifacts and Iconography . 197 h. Place-Names . 199 i. Inscriptions and Runes. 201 j. Miscellaneous . 203 Abbreviations 209 Foreword It is with deep sadness that I begin with the news that one of our reviewers, Rand Hutcheson, died as this issue of YWOES was nearing completion. Rand’s Old English Poetic Metre (Cambridge: Brewer, 1995) is known to many Anglo- Saxonists as a substantial contribution that has left a lasting mark on the field. In reviewing it for YWOES 1995, Rob Fulk hailed it as “a work of considerable importance, and one that has already had a significant effect on the way metrists conduct business.” While Rand may be best remembered for his work on Old English meter, he was a scholar of unusual breadth with a keen analytical mind. After a promising start in academia Rand changed paths and pursued a career in law, largely for financial reasons, but he never abandoned the idea of returning to the study of Old English. In July of 2009 Rand announced in an email, “I’ve decided that eleven years is long enough to practice law, so I’m mak- ing a move back into academics.” He attended the ISAS conference in St. John’s Newfoundland later that summer. By that time, however, he was already diagnosed with cancer of the brain, which he fought successfully for several years. I recruited him to review for YWOES as a way to help reacquaint himself with the field. I also knew he’d be a terrific contributor, as the four reviews published here in section 4a attest, even as the disease and its treatment sapped his stamina. He never had the chance to finish what he set out to do. Tragically, the latest onslaught overtook him with a speed that caught everyone by surprise. His last e-mail to me, four days before he died, was animated with his charac- teristic energy and his optimism for the future. Bellenden Rand Hutcheson, Jr., died 7 January 2012. He was 49 years old. This issue is dedicated to his memory. With this issue we welcome the following new contributors: Matti Kilpiö, reviewing syntax in section 3b; Karmen Lenz in General and Miscellaneous Literature; in History Kathy Powell and David Woodman; in Archaeology Rachel Anderson and Kevin Leahy; and we welcome back Jane Toswell to the ranks of reviewers, this time in the section dedi- cated to Manuscripts, Illuminations, and Charters. With our thanks we bid adieu to Robin Norris, Michael Fox, Elaine Treharne, Tom Bredehoft, Peter Dendle, and Frances Altvater. I continue to be impresssed by the professionalism and hard work of all our reviewers, for which they have my gratitude. I thank Joey McMullen and Samantha Berstler for editorial help. The few items that have been reviewed by more than one reviewer in a section are marked with a pair of double daggers (‡‡). The contributors to The Year’s Work in Old English Studies are named on the title page, and the authorship of indi- vidual sections is indicated by initials within or at the end of each section. Contributors work from the OEN bibliog- raphy for the year under review. Dissertations, redactions, summaries, and popular works are occasionally omitted, and their absence in no way constitutes negative judgment. Comments and suggestions, as well as review copies of articles and books, may be sent to Daniel Donoghue, Depart- ment of English, Barker Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138. DD NOTICE Subscribers are reminded that the Old English Newsletter has returned to its original publishing schedule of two issues a year. Beginning with volume 42, OEN now prints only the annual Bibliography and the Year’s Work in Old English Studies. Other content—news and announcements, notices of recent publications, annual reports from ongoing projects, abstracts of conference papers, and essays—is freely available on the OEN website, www.oenewsletter.org. YWOES is set in Adobe Minion Pro Medium 10/12, with headings in Myriad Pro 14/18 and special characters drawn from the Unicode fonts Gentium and Junicode. It is produced on an Apple MacBook Pro using Adobe InDesign. 6 The Year’s Work in Old English Studies 1. General and Miscellaneous Subjects Teaching Anglo-Saxon studies basis, whether from benign relatives (“You teach what now?”) or from students (“You mean they weren’t all 2008 was a banner year for innovative approaches to dressed in animal skins?”). teaching in our field. Study abroad programs should In a far more rarified vein, and perhaps more use- be aware of the re-opening of the first building in Eng- ful to our purposes, Stephen Harris and Bryon Grigsby land dating from the pre-Conquest period, discussed in have collected a variety of essays on Misconceptions “Redundant Saxon Church Reopens
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