The Real Generic Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Tales after Tolkien Society

Organizer Name

Helen Young

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Sydney

Presider Name

Helen Young

Paper Title 1

"Creasing the Truth": Dialogical Medievalisms in Kevin Crossley Holland’s Arthur Trilogy

Presenter 1 Name

Molly Brown

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Pretoria

Paper Title 2

Little, Big: The Royal Court versus Owen Archer's York

Presenter 2 Name

Candace Robb/Emma Campion

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 3

Unchurched: On the Relative Lack of Religion in Tolkienan-Tradition Fantasy Literature

Presenter 3 Name

Geoffrey B. Elliott

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Oklahoma State Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1120

Description

How does twenty-first century genre literature engage with the history and literature of the Middle Ages? Papers in this session explore medievalism in fantasy, young adult, historical and detective fiction.

Helen Young