A consideration of the theme of demons as teachers in early English literature.

Introduction: The Devil's Secret Chamber
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
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
Bibliography
Acknowledgements

CHRISTINA M. HECKMAN is Professor of English at Augusta University, Georgia.