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OLD ENGLISH NEWSLETTER Published for !e Old English Division of the Modern Language Association of America by !e Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University and its Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies Editor: R.M. Liuzza Associate Editors: Daniel Donoghue !omas Hall VOLUME NUMBER FALL ISSN - O!" E#$!%&' N()&!(**(+ Volume "# Number $ Fall %&&' Editor Publisher R. M. Liuzza Paul E. Szarmach Department of English Medieval Institute The University of Tennessee Western Michigan University "&$ McClung Tower $#&" W. Michigan Ave. Knoxville, TN "(##)-&*"& Kalamazoo, MI *#&&+-'*"% Associate Editors Year’s Work in Old English Studies OEN Bibliography Daniel Donoghue Thomas Hall Department of English Department of English (M/C $)%) Harvard University University of Illinois at Chicago Barker Center / $% Quincy St. )&$ S. 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Some have taken the time to note errors in entries and sug- gest improvements in the site’s design, for which we are grateful; all visitors to the site are encouraged to help us improve its accuracy and usefulness. * <5= >9?5@AB C8DA58EE8F CALL FOR PAPERS OLD ENGLISH DIVISION 2006 MLA ANNUAL MEETING Philadelphia, PA December %(–"&, %&&) !e Executive Committee of the Old English Division of the Modern Language Association invites papers for its %&&) program. !e committee has planned three sessions: $. Open Session: papers on any Old English topic are welcome. %. Beowulf: papers on any aspect of the poem are welcome ". 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