Experience of Education in Anglo-Saxon Literature

Zusatztext '… the readings in this volume are rich and persuasive, and Dumitrescu brings deserved attention to some underappreciated texts. Her writing is clear and sometimes lyrical, and even with its accounts of pain and frustration, The Experience of Education is a pleasure to read.' Nicole Guenther Discenza, Modern Philology Informationen zum Autor Irina Dumitrescu is Junior Professor of English Medieval Studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. She is the editor of Rumba Under Fire: The Arts of Survival from West Point to Delhi (2016). Her scholarship has been published in journals such as PMLA, Exemplaria, The Chaucer Review, Anglia, Postmedieval, Forum for Modern Language Studies, and in various international collections. Her literary essays have appeared in the Yale Review, Southwest Review, The Atlantic, and Longreads, and been reprinted in Best American Essays 2016. Zusammenfassung This engaging study explores how early medieval writers reflected on the nature of education and the acquisition of wisdom. By studying representations of teaching and learning in five early English texts, Irina Dumitrescu sheds light on the underappreciated emotional and cognitive complexities of Anglo-Saxon instruction. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Letters: Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People; 2. Prayer: Solomon and Saturn I; 3. Violence: Ælfric Bata's colloquies; 4. Recollection: Andreas; 5. Desire: the life of St Mary of Egypt; Conclusion: the ends of teaching.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Irina Dumitrescu, Irina (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-U Dumitrescu
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781108403368
• ISBN: 978-1-108-40336-8
• Pagine: 254
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Historical & comparative linguistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Historical and comparative linguistics, Anglo-Saxon, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc