{"product_id":"anglo-saxon-conversations-9780851156996","title":"Anglo-Saxon Conversations","description":"\u003cb\u003eTranslation (and text) of colloquies gives vivid picture of Anglo-Saxon monastic education.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe monk Aelfric Bata is the only identifiable graduate of the school of Aelfric `Grammaticus', the tenth-century Anglo-Saxon homilist whose \u003ci\u003eGrammar, Glossary\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eColloquy\u003c\/i\u003eformed part of an educational plan for English boys. Bata's \u003ci\u003eColloquies\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eColloquies\u003c\/i\u003eare 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.","brand":"Scott Gwara","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48280240488699,"sku":"9780851156996","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780851156996_53db7b20-e6ae-4b77-83ac-040a2019c655.jpg?v=1772483112","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/anglo-saxon-conversations-9780851156996","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}