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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.
Sommario
Introduction - 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 Rabin
Info autore
Susan 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.
Riassunto
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.
