Guthlac

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Anchoritic Society

Organizer Name

Susannah Mary Chewning

Organizer Affiliation

Union County College

Presider Name

Susannah Mary Chewning

Paper Title 1

Friendship in Felix's Life of Saint Guthlac

Presenter 1 Name

Glenn Davis

Presenter 1 Affiliation

St. Cloud State Univ.

Paper Title 2

From the Desert to the Fens: The Eremitic Vocation in the Old English Life of Saint Guthlac

Presenter 2 Name

Claudia Di Sciacca

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. degli Studi di Udine

Paper Title 3

Literacy and Cross-Tempered Affiliation in the Lives of Saint Guthlac

Presenter 3 Name

Lisa Weston

Presenter 3 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Fresno

Paper Title 4

Respondent

Presenter 4 Name

Michelle M. Sauer

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of North Dakota

Start Date

9-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1340

Description

This session seeks to examine various approaches to and interpretations of the extant Lives of St. Guthlac. Presenters will address issues of literacy, gender relationships, love, and monastic vocation as they explore new and inviting ways to approach the life of England's "first anchorite," St. Guthlac.

Susannah Mary Chewning

Union County College