Literary Cultures and Medieval and Early Modern Childhoods

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Miller, Naomi J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Purkiss, Diane (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Literary Cultures and Childhoods
• Subjects: Literature, Medieval.; Literature-Philosophy.; Literature, Modern.; Children's literature.; Economic development.; Youth in development.; Medieval Literature.; Literary Theory.; Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.; Children's Literature.; Development and Children.

Building on recent critical work, this volume offers a comprehensive consideration of the nature and forms of medieval and early modern childhoods, viewed through literary cultures. Its five groups of thematic essays range across a spectrum of disciplines, periods, and locations, from cultural anthr...