When Medievalists Fictionalize the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Rebecca Barnhouse

Organizer Affiliation

Youngstown State Univ.

Presider Name

Sharan Newman

Presider Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 1

The Mean Streets of Medieval York: The Murder Mystery as Cultural Lens

Presenter 1 Name

Candace Robb

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Independent Scholar

Paper Title 2

The Fantasy Space of Medieval History: The Case of Chaucer, Gower, and Bruce Holsinger's A Burnable Book

Presenter 2 Name

Debra E. Best

Presenter 2 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Dominguez Hills

Paper Title 3

Worldbuilding in Rebecca Barnhouse's The Coming of the Dragon and Peaceweaver

Presenter 3 Name

Patricia H. Ward

Presenter 3 Affiliation

College of Charleston

Paper Title 4

Armored Knights and Winged Faeries: The English Middle Ages and the Medieval Fantasy Novel

Presenter 4 Name

Emily Lavin Leverett

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Methodist Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Valley III Stinson Lounge

Description

In this session scholars and fiction writers discuss what happens when medievalists write fiction about the Middle Ages.

Rebecca Barnhouse