This volume will be a critical anthology of primary texts whose main audience was children and/or adolescents in the medieval period. Texts will include theoretical and interpretative introductions and commentary.
Medieval Literature for Children ANNOTATION An anthology of medieval children's literature, arranged in various categories and interspersed with scholarly commentary.
FROM THE PUBLISHER Medieval Literature for Children is the first critical anthology of texts written for children during the Middle Ages. The volume includes selections from nearly 20 medieval texts, accompanied by incisive critical introductions by an outstanding group of interdisciplinary scholars that illuminate the diversity, sophistication, and complexity of literature for medieval children and youth. The selection of original texts includes material written in Middle English, as well as translations from Latin, Old English, and medieval Welsh. The selections span a broad range of genres, from didactic literature to popular romance and drama, and include the "ABC of Aristotle", Aelfric's Colloquy, The Fables of Avianus, Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe, The Eclogue of Theodulus, Sir Gowther, Occupation and Idleness, along with many others.
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