Anglo-Saxon Conversations

Anglo-Saxon Conversations
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0851156991
ISBN-13 : 9780851156996
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Book Synopsis Anglo-Saxon Conversations by : Aelfric Bata

Download or read book Anglo-Saxon Conversations written by Aelfric Bata and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1997 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation (and text) of colloquies gives vivid picture of Anglo-Saxon monastic education. The monk Aelfric Bata is the only identifiable graduate of the school of Aelfric `Grammaticus', the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon homilist whose Grammar, Glossary and Colloquyformed part of an educational plan for English boys. Bata's Colloquies, Latin conversations set in a monastic school, open a door into the world of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, revealing the details of daily activities: rising and dressing, studying the day's lesson, eating, bathing and tonsuring. Oblates ask a master's help in reading, bargain for a manuscript-copying job, obtain help in sharpening a pen. One colloquy depicts a flyting between master and student, who exchange graphic scatologicalinsults. Combining the spare diction of his teacher Aelfric with the ornate glossematic vocabulary of Aldhelm, Aelfric Bata creates a cloistered world where comedy, invective, sermon and poetic recitation mix. The Colloquiesare presented with an English translation, glosses and full notes. Dr SCOTT GWARA teaches in the Department of English at the University of South Carolina: Professor DAVID PORTER teaches in the Department of English at SouthernUniversity, Baton Rouge.


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