Introduction: the devil's secret chamber -- Part 1. Foundations -- Spirituo-materiality in the early Middle Ages -- The artes liberales in the early Middle Ages -- The devil within: perils of pedagogy in the monastic school -- Part II. The demonic magister in early English poetry -- The origin of the teaching demon: Lucifer as magister -- Demonic teaching and the fall in the Old English Genesis -- Demonic teaching and saintly discretio in Cynewulf's Juliana -- Inventing Materia: the True Cross and saintly disputation in Cynewulf's Elene -- Conclusion: the mysteries of pedagogy
Summary
A consideration of the theme of demons as teachers in early English literature
