Robin Norris
Biographic Data
| ID | 5121553 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robin Norris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robin |
| FAMILY NAME | Norris |
| SIGNATURE | NORRIS R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Feminist Renaissance in Early Medieval English Studies
In 1990, Helen Bennett, Clare Lees, and Gillian Overing expressed frustration over early medieval English scholars' reluctance to fully engage with feminist theory. “More is being written about wom
The sevenfold-fivefold-threefold litany of the saints in the Leofric Missal and beyond
The brief litany of saints in the Leofric Missal is the oldest complete extant specimen of the sevenfold-fivefold-threefold prayer used for baptism on Holy Saturday. This continental innovation became widespread in Anglo-Saxon England, and was used in Ireland into the twelfth century. The petitions of this special form, probably from an English source, appear in the brief litany of the Corpus Irish Missal, alongside invocations either standardize…
Resistance to Genocide in the Postmodern Beowulf
The Anglo‐Saxon poem Beowulf concludes with the extinction of both the heroes and the monsters of the text. The poet even problematizes individual survival, which leads to exile, revenge, and further violence. Although the four recent film adaptations of Beowulf refer to the poem as the ultimate monument to their hero, they also self‐consciously postmodernize the text by blurring the boundary between monster and human. Yet because the films both …
Mourning Rights
Mourning Rights:Beowulf, the Iliad, and the War in Iraq Robin Norris (bio) The Iliad speaks to the way we think about war, because the one impulse that has proved as enduring as human beings' urge to make wars is their need to make sense of them. The first step in making sense of any such loss is to mourn the dead. Nothing is more crucial to approaching Homer and the arts that come from war than thinking back on loss. Bereavement and mourning are…
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Mourning Rights
Mourning Rights:Beowulf, the Iliad, and the War in Iraq Robin Norris (bio) The Iliad speaks to the way we think about war, because the one impulse that has proved as enduring as human beings' urge to make wars is their need to make sense of them. The first step in making sense of any such loss is to mourn the dead. Nothing is more crucial to approaching Homer and the arts that come from war than thinking back on loss. Bereavement and mourning are…
Resistance to Genocide in the Postmodern Beowulf
The Anglo‐Saxon poem Beowulf concludes with the extinction of both the heroes and the monsters of the text. The poet even problematizes individual survival, which leads to exile, revenge, and further violence. Although the four recent film adaptations of Beowulf refer to the poem as the ultimate monument to their hero, they also self‐consciously postmodernize the text by blurring the boundary between monster and human. Yet because the films both …
The sevenfold-fivefold-threefold litany of the saints in the Leofric Missal and beyond
The brief litany of saints in the Leofric Missal is the oldest complete extant specimen of the sevenfold-fivefold-threefold prayer used for baptism on Holy Saturday. This continental innovation became widespread in Anglo-Saxon England, and was used in Ireland into the twelfth century. The petitions of this special form, probably from an English source, appear in the brief litany of the Corpus Irish Missal, alongside invocations either standardize…
A Feminist Renaissance in Early Medieval English Studies
In 1990, Helen Bennett, Clare Lees, and Gillian Overing expressed frustration over early medieval English scholars' reluctance to fully engage with feminist theory. “More is being written about wom
Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Classics (2 works) · Genocide (2 works) · History (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Poetry (2 works)