Childhood and Adolescence in Medieval Narrative

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Nicolay Ostrau

Organizer Affiliation

Christopher Newport Univ.

Presider Name

Nicolay Ostrau

Paper Title 1

Precocious Holiness, Relative Innocence: Early Medieval Children as Saints and Sinners

Presenter 1 Name

Erin Abraham

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Wyoming

Paper Title 2

Saving the Jewish Boy: Childhood, the Christ-Child, and the Growth of Miracle Narrative

Presenter 2 Name

Wendy Love Anderson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Paper Title 3

"He rofe tho hed fro tho brest": Biological and Sociological Failures in Sir Gowther

Presenter 3 Name

Kara Stone

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 4

Mother Knows Best? Adolescent Bodies and Maternal Desires in Medieval and Twentieth-Century Narrative

Presenter 4 Name

Wonneken Wanske

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Ohio State Univ.

Start Date

10-5-2013 3:30 PM

Session Location

Valley I 105