Anglo-Saxon Conversations: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata

Author:   Scott Gwara ,  David W. Porter ,  David W. Porter
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:  

9780851156996


Pages:   221
Publication Date:   25 September 1997
Format:   Hardback
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Anglo-Saxon Conversations: The Colloquies of Aelfric Bata


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The monk Aelfric Bata is the only identifiable graduate of the school of Aelfric 'Grammaticus', the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon homilist whose Grammar, Glossary and Colloquyformed part of an educational plan for English boys. Bata's Colloquies, Latin conversations set in a monastic school, open a door into the world of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, revealing the details of daily activities: rising and dressing, studying the day's lesson, eating, bathing and tonsuring. Oblates ask a master's help in reading, bargain for a manuscript-copying job, obtain help in sharpening a pen. One colloquy depicts a flyting between master and student, who exchange graphic scatological insults. Combining the spare diction of his teacher Aelfric with the ornate glossematic vocabulary of Aldhelm, Aelfric Bata creates a cloistered world where comedy, invective, sermon and poetic recitation mix. The Colloquiesare presented with an English translation, glosses and full notes. Dr SCOTT GWARA teaches in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina: Professor DAVID PORTER teaches in the Department of English at Southern University, Baton Rouge.

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Author:   Scott Gwara ,  David W. Porter ,  David W. Porter
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.578kg
ISBN:  

9780851156996


ISBN 10:   0851156991
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   25 September 1997
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Language:   English & Latin.

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Advances considerably our understanding of Bata and the world of the monastic school. JNL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY. The translations are lively, readable... SPECULUM


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David W Porter is Professor of English at Southern University, Baton Rouge LA.

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