To me, methought, who waited with a crowd,
There came a bark that, blowing forward, bore
King Arthur, like a modern gentleman
Of stateliest port; and all the people cried,
"Arthur is come again: he cannot die."

"Morte d'Arthur" (1842)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Afterlives of Connecticut Yankee Session for NeMLA 2020

It appears that the Afterlives of Connecticut Yankee session will be running after all. 

Here are the details. I am grateful to everyone in Arthurian Studies and Twain Studies that helped make this session possible.


Afterlives of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
Organized by Michael A. Torregrossa, Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of Britain.

Sir Boss, His Successors, and His Surrogates: Classifying Adaptations of Connecticut Yankee
Michael A. Torregrossa, Independent Scholar

‘Thou Swell’: The Power of Words (and Music) as a Connecticut Yankee goes Back to the Future
Tammy Rose, Independent Scholar

A Secret Agent in King Arthur's Court: MacGyver Saves the 7th Century from Nuclear Proliferation
Emily Race, Sewanee: The University of the South

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