Session Details

Friday, 30 December

666. The Presence of the Past II: Myths and Metaphors

8:30–9:45 a.m., Independence, Washington Hilton

Program arranged by the Division on German Literature to 1700

Presiding: Rosmarie T. Morewedge, State Univ. of New York, Binghamton

1. “Golem and the Minotaur: The Negative Spatializing of Human Distress,” Pamela Coles, Univ. of Toronto

2. “The Presence of the Myth: Male Birth Fantasies in Literature, Culture, and Film,” Christine Kanz, Univ. of Bern

3. “A Guide to Foreign Countries: Introducing Earlier German Literature to New Audiences,” Bethany Wiggin, Univ. of Pennsylvania

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