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Becoming HumanThe Matter of the Medieval Child$
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Becoming Human: The Matter of the Medieval Child

J. Allan Mitchell

Print publication date: 2014

Print ISBN-13: 9780816689965

Published to Minnesota Scholarship Online: August 2015

DOI: 10.5749/minnesota/9780816689965.001.0001

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Childish Things

Childish Things

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(p.59) Childish Things
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Becoming Human
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J. Allan Mitchell

Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
DOI:10.5749/minnesota/9780816689965.003.0002

The second essay takes up both physical and literary examples of childish things. The anarchic forces of miniature matters are palpable even as such small-scale things articulate with human fantasy. Mitchell also explores literary miniaturization in Geoffrey Chaucer and Thomas Usk.

Keywords:   Medieval Literature and Culture, History of Play and Toys, Children and Material Culture, History of Medicine, Science Studies, Speculative Realism, Object-Oriented Ontology, Animal Studies

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