Karmen Lenz publishes Ræd (Counsel) and Frofer (Consolation): Christian Poetics in the Old English Froferboc [book of consolation] Meters

We are happy to report the publishing success of one of our recent graduates in Medieval Studies, Karmen Lenz. Rodopi just published Karmen's book Ræd (Counsel) and Frofer (Consolation): Christian Poetics in the Old English Froferboc [book of consolation] Meters, with a Foreword by Kurt Otten. Published by Rodopi, Costerus New Series 195, 2012. (http://rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=COS+195)

Froferboc refers to King Alfred's OE translation of Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy, and was the subject of Karmen's Popejoy award-winning dissertation about six years ago. Kurt Otten, who wrote the foreword, is a major scholar on Alfred and his translation of the Boethius Consolation. Kurt was also a visitor in our department from Heidelberg for a semester. Karmen is Associate Professor of English at Macon State College.