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OverviewChildhood & Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture counters the generally received wisdom that early medieval childhood and adolescence were an unremittingly bleak experience. The contributors analyse representations of children and their education in Old English, Old Norse and Anglo-Latin writings, including hagiography, heroic poetry, riddles, legal documents, philosophical prose and elegies. Within and across these linguistic and generic boundaries some key themes emerge: the habits and expectations of name-giving, expressions of childhood nostalgia, the role of uneducated parents, and the religious zeal and rebelliousness of youth. After decades of study dominated by adult gender studies, Childhood & 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Irvine , Winfried RudolfPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.690kg ISBN: 9781487502027ISBN 10: 1487502028 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 01 April 2018 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsIntroduction – Susan Irvine and Winfried Rudolf 1. Childhood and Adolescence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeological and Documentary Evidence – Sally Crawford 2. Naming Children in Anglo-Saxon England: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Change – Leonard Neidorf 3. Anglo-Saxon Preaching on Children – Winfried Rudolf 4. Tender Beginnings in the Exeter Book Riddles – Shu-han Luo 5. Parenting and Childhood in The Fortunes of Men – Stacy S. Klein 6. Children and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum – Andreas Lemke 7. Childhood in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints – Joyce Hill 8. Alcuin’s Educational Dispute: the Riddle of Teaching and the Teaching of Riddles – Andy Orchard 9. Foster-Relationships in the Old English Boethius – Susan Irvine 10. Hrothulf’s Childhood and Beowulf’s: a Comparison – Richard North 11. Of Boys and Men: Anglo-Saxon Literary Adaptations of the Book of Daniel – Daniel Anlezark 12. “Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”: Parent-Child Litigation in Anglo-Saxon England – Andrew RabinReviewsThe introduction states that a major aim of the volume is to expand scholarly interest in children and childhood to earlier centuries by starting new conversations about their representation in Old English texts. The book achieves that aim: with the wide-ranging topics of the chapters, all readers will find something that provokes them to consider new discussion. -- Michael Fox, Western University * <em>Speculum</em> * This essay collection fulfills the stated goal of its introduction, to 'prompt further research and debate' about childhood and adolescence in Anglo-Saxon literary culture. -- Mary Dockray-Miller, Lesley University * <em> Journal of English and Germanic Philology</em> * """The introduction states that a major aim of the volume is to expand scholarly interest in children and childhood to earlier centuries by starting new conversations about their representation in Old English texts. The book achieves that aim: with the wide-ranging topics of the chapters, all readers will find something that provokes them to consider new discussion."" -- Michael Fox, Western University * <em>Speculum</em> * ""This essay collection fulfills the stated goal of its introduction, to ‘prompt further research and debate’ about childhood and adolescence in Anglo-Saxon literary culture."" -- Mary Dockray-Miller, Lesley University * <em> Journal of English and Germanic Philology</em> *" Author InformationSusan Irvine is Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London. Winfried Rudolf is a professor of Medieval English language and literature at the University of Göttingen. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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