Public school literature, civic education and the politics of male adolescence / Jenny Holt.

Author/creator Holt, Jenny, 1973-
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Description270 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
School children in literature.
English literature--19th century. --History and criticism.
English literature--20th century. --History and criticism.
Boys--Books and reading. --Great Britain.
Children--Books and reading. --England. --History. --19th century.
Children--Books and reading. --England. --History. --20th century.
Education--Great Britain. --History.
Adolescence in literature.
Education in literature.

SeriesAshgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present
Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present. ^A769876
Contents The crisis of youth and the public school reformation -- An education for active citizenship : Tom Brown's schooldays -- 'Beastly Erikin' : nature, God and the adolescent boy -- What exactly does 'moderate and reasonable' mean? : debates on discipline in Victorian public school literature -- 'It's not brutality, it's boy; only boy' : public schools and adolescence at the turn of the century -- The death of an ideal.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-256) and index.
LCCN 2008017878
ISBN9780754656623 (alk. paper)
ISBN0754656624 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PR 830.E38 H65 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold