Childhood & Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture

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.

• Introduction – Susan Irvine and Winfried Rudolf1. Childhood and Adolescence: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Archaeological and Documentary Evidence – Sally Crawford2. Naming Children in Anglo-Saxon England: Ethnic Identity and Cultural Change – Leonard Neidorf 3. Anglo-Saxon Preaching on Children – Winfried Rudolf4. Tender Beginnings in the Exeter Book Riddles – Shu-han Luo5. Parenting and Childhood in The Fortunes of Men – Stacy S. Klein6. Children and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum – Andreas Lemke7. Childhood in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints – Joyce Hill8. Alcuin’s Educational Dispute: the Riddle of Teaching and the Teaching of Riddles – Andy Orchard9. Foster-Relationships in the Old English Boethius – Susan Irvine10. Hrothulf’s Childhood and Beowulf’s: a Comparison – Richard North11. Of Boys and Men: Anglo-Saxon Literary Adaptations of the Book of Daniel – Daniel Anlezark12. "Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth": Parent-Child Litigation in Anglo-Saxon England – Andrew Rabin

"The introduction states that a major aim of the volume is to expand scholarly interest in children and childhood to earlier centuries by starting new conversations about their representation in Old English texts. The book achieves that aim: with the wide-ranging topics of the chapters, all readers will find something that provokes them to consider new discussion." - Michael Fox, Western University (Speculum) "This essay collection fulfills the stated goal of its introduction, to ‘prompt further research and debate’ about childhood and adolescence in Anglo-Saxon literary culture." - Mary Dockray-Miller, Lesley University ( Journal of English and Germanic Philology)