Title Constructions of childhood and youth in old French narrative / Phyllis Gaffney.

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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 236 pages)
Bibliography	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.
Subject	Children in literature.
	Youth in literature.
	French literature -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
	French poetry -- To 1500 -- History and criticism.
	Epic poetry, French -- History and criticism.
	Chansons de geste -- History and criticism.
	Romances -- History and criticism.
	Children -- France -- History -- To 1500.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French.
	Chansons de geste. (OCoLC)fst00852146
	Children. (OCoLC)fst00854835
	Children in literature. (OCoLC)fst00855252
	Epic poetry, French. (OCoLC)fst00913885
	French literature. (OCoLC)fst00934688
	French poetry. (OCoLC)fst00934799
	Romances. (OCoLC)fst01099892
	Youth in literature. (OCoLC)fst01183611
	France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
	Jeugd.
	Prematuren.
	Verhalende gedichten.
	Barn i litteraturen.
	Ungdomar i litteraturen.
	Chanson de geste -- historia.
	Fransk hjältediktning -- historia -- medeltiden.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Gaffney, Phyllis. Constructions of childhood and youth in old French narrative. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2011 9780754669203 (DLC) 2010021061 (OCoLC)629700735
Standard No.	9786612963216
ISBN	9780754696223 (electronic bk.)
	0754696227 (electronic bk.)

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