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Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Old French Narrative

Constructions of Childhood and Youth in Old French Narrative

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Literary CriticismWomen's Studies

ISBN10: 0754669203
ISBN13: 9780754669203
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Feb 23 2011
Pages: 244
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Examining the portrayal of childhood and youth in a large sample of medieval French verse narratives, this study analyzes representations of childhood in two genres: chansons de geste, or Old French epic poems, and romances. Phyllis Gaffney identifies differences in, and relationships between, portrayals of the young in the two genres, and demonstrates the significance of developments in twelfth- and thirteenth-century poetry for changing cultural perspectives on childhood and youth.

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