Session Details
Thursday, 30 December
654. Exemplary Animals in Medieval Iberian Literature
8:30–9:45 a.m., Commonwealth Hall C, Loews
Program arranged by the Division on Spanish Medieval Language and Literature
Presiding: Mary-Anne Lee Vetterling, Regis Coll.
1. “King of the Beasts: The Lion as Fable, Myth, and Emblem in Medieval Spanish Literature,” Horacio Chiong Rivero, Swarthmore Coll.
2. “Babieca: Horse, Warrior, Virtual Christian Hero,” Richard E. Rainville, Hobart and William Smith Colls.
3. “De cuervos y basiliscos: Los animales simbólicos en el marco alegórico del Triunfo de las donas de Juan Rodríguez del Padrón,” Julio J. Vélez-Sainz, Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst
4. “Mr. Fox Goes to Paris; or, Petrus Alfonsi’s Animal Ambassadors of the Andalusi Intellectual Diaspora,” David A. Wacks, Univ. of Oregon