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Childhood & Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture / Susan Irvine, Winfried Rudolf.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- After decades of study dominated by adult gender studies, Childhood and Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture rebalances our understanding of family life in the Anglo-Saxon era by reconstructing the lives of medieval children and adolescents through their literary representation.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Childhood and Adolescence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeological and Documentary Evi; 2 Naming Children in Anglo-Saxon England: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Change; 3 Anglo-Saxon Preaching on Children; 4 Tender Beginnings in the Exeter Book Riddles; 5 Parenting and Childhood in The Fortunes of Men; 6 Children and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in Bedeâ#x80;#x99;s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum; 7 Childhood in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints.
- 8 Alcuinâ#x80;#x99;s Educational Dispute: The Riddle of Teaching and the Teaching of Riddles9 Foster-Relationships in the Old English Boethius; 10 Hrothulfâ#x80;#x99;s Childhood and Beowulfâ#x80;#x99;s: A Comparison; 11 Of Boys and Men: Anglo-Saxon Literary Adaptations of the Book of Daniel; 12 â#x80;#x9C;Sharper than a Serpentâ#x80;#x99;s Toothâ#x80;#x9D;: Parent-Child Litigation in Anglo-Saxon England; Bibliography; Contributors; Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-1444-1
- 1-4875-1443-3
- OCLC:
- 1027476949
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