children’s literature – Anna Smol: A Single Leaf

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Beowulf as children’s lit: 2 recent publications

Anna Smol’s “Beowulf and Boyology,” explores the conflation of medieval stories and childhood in late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her review of a collection of essays titled “Beowulf as Children’s Literature,” highlights the volume as a valuable resource for studying medieval adaptations for young readers.

December 12, 2023
The Child, the Primitive, and the Medieval: making medieval heroes in the 19th and early 20th centuries

I wrote “The Child, the Primitive, and the Medieval: Making Medieval Heroes in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries” in an attempt to answer the questions, why would people think that stories of King Arthur or Beowulf or Robin Hood or stories written by Chaucer were appropriate for children? Why did late Victorian and…

February 17, 2016

Tag: children’s literature