| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 236 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-224) and index. |
| Contents |
Medieval childhood in literature -- Who was the medieval child? a repertoire of traditional images -- Changing models of childhood and youth in the chanson de geste -- Childhood and youth in romance: love, learning and the drama of identity -- Childhood and youth in enfances poems -- A slow conversion of sensibility. |
| Summary |
Examining the portrayal of childhood and youth in a large sample of medieval French verse narratives, this study analyzes representations of childhood in two genres: chansons de geste, or Old French epic poems, and romances. Phyllis Gaffney identifies dif. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children in literature.
|
|
Children in literature. |
|
Youth in literature.
|
|
Youth in literature. |
|
French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
|
|
French literature. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
| Subject |
French poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
|
|
French poetry. |
|
Epic poetry, French -- History and criticism.
|
|
Epic poetry, French. |
|
Chansons de geste -- History and criticism.
|
|
Chansons de geste. |
|
Romances -- History and criticism.
|
|
Romances. |
|
Children -- France -- History -- To 1500.
|
|
Children. |
|
France. |
|
History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
History.
|
| Subject |
Children. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Gaffney, Phyllis. Constructions of childhood and youth in old French narrative. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011 9780754669203 (DLC) 2010021061 (OCoLC)629700735 |
| ISBN |
9780754696223 (electronic book) |
|
0754696227 (electronic book) |
|
9780754669203 |
|
0754669203 |
| Standard No. |
9786612963216 |
|
