Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-224) and index.
Contents
Medieval childhood in literature -- Who was the medieval child? a repertoire of traditional images -- Changing models of childhood and youth in the chanson de geste -- Childhood and youth in romance: love, learning and the drama of identity -- Childhood and youth in enfances poems -- A slow conversion of sensibility.
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Summary
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 dif.