Re: The Future of Young Adult Fiction?

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:20:25 GMT, Dorothy J Heydt
<djheydt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in <news:Jz4DI1.IAC@xxxxxxxxxxx>
in rec.arts.sf.composition:

In article <ddfr-F55A9C.09150810042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
David Friedman <ddfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1tmh63kpyftr0$.cmth92lvpawt.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
"Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 14:23:23 +0100, Gerry Quinn
<gerryq@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:MPG.2266d3a8840f30ef9897e8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:

[...]

Indeed, the problem you would have is that whereas the
Anglo-Saxon of the Middle Ages

'Middle Ages' covers a lot of ground, but I think that
to most people it tends to suggest the high Middle
Ages, when the language of England was Middle English,
not Old English (sometimes called Anglo-Saxon).

But in current usage, doesn't the abolition of the Dark
Ages mean that the Middle Ages stretch back to the
migration period?

I don't use "Dark Ages" either. I use "Late Antiquity"
till somewhere in the sixth century, "Early Period" after
that, and start using "Middle Ages" somewhere after the
Norman Conquest, possibly beginning with the twelfth
century renaissance.

I use 'Late Antiquity', but I'm also aware that the term
'Middle Ages' traditionally covers very roughly the period
500-1500, and I certainly put Charlemagne in the Middle Ages
-- early Middle Ages, if I see a need to specify. Your
'Middle Ages' is my high and late Middle Ages.

Brian
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