| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 28
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Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 28.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Susan Irvine & 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 Rabin. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English literature -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 -- History and criticism.
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Children in literature.
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Adolescence in literature.
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Families in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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Adolescence in literature |
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Children in literature |
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English literature -- Old English |
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Families in literature |
| Chronological Term |
450-1100 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Irvine, Susan (Susan Elizabeth), editor.
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Rudolf, Winfried, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781487514433 (electronic bk.) |
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1487514433 (electronic bk.) |
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9781487502027 |
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