The experience of education in Anglo-Saxon literature / Irina Dumitrescu.
The experience of education in Anglo-Saxon literature / Irina Dumitrescu.
The experience of education in Anglo-Saxon literature / Irina Dumitrescu.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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G 2018/2277
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English
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xiii, 235 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
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.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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England
Date Published
2018.
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"Anglo-Saxons valued education yet understood how precarious it could be, alternately bolstered and undermined by fear, desire, and memory. They praised their teachers in official writing, but composed and translated scenes of instruction that revealed the emotional and cognitive complexity of learning. Irina Dumitrescu explores how early medieval...
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The experience of education in Anglo-Saxon literature / Irina Dumitrescu.
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 102
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/2277
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74VKVomoWJqA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVomoWJqA
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1108416861 hardcover
9781108416863 hardcover
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829.09
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991024165558902626
