Author: Benjamin Watson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810825727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A surprising number of classic English authors wrote school stories, from Mary Shelley and Maria Edgeworth through Evelyn Waugh and Stephen Spender. Coverage spans two centuries of fiction set in the endowed private schools called Public Schools in England. Famous works such as Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes and Stalky & Co. by Kipling are described, along with books of accomplished but lesser-known writers such as Charles Turley, Eden Phillpotts, Talbot Baines Reed, and Desmond Coke. In addition to their pure entertainment value, these novels preserve a wealth of cultural information: class attitudes, sexual development, sports history, consciousness of Empire, role of the Established Church, study of the Classics. Biographical sketches are provided for most of the authors.
English Schoolboy Stories
Author: Benjamin Watson
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810825727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A surprising number of classic English authors wrote school stories, from Mary Shelley and Maria Edgeworth through Evelyn Waugh and Stephen Spender. Coverage spans two centuries of fiction set in the endowed private schools called Public Schools in England. Famous works such as Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes and Stalky & Co. by Kipling are described, along with books of accomplished but lesser-known writers such as Charles Turley, Eden Phillpotts, Talbot Baines Reed, and Desmond Coke. In addition to their pure entertainment value, these novels preserve a wealth of cultural information: class attitudes, sexual development, sports history, consciousness of Empire, role of the Established Church, study of the Classics. Biographical sketches are provided for most of the authors.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810825727
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
A surprising number of classic English authors wrote school stories, from Mary Shelley and Maria Edgeworth through Evelyn Waugh and Stephen Spender. Coverage spans two centuries of fiction set in the endowed private schools called Public Schools in England. Famous works such as Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes and Stalky & Co. by Kipling are described, along with books of accomplished but lesser-known writers such as Charles Turley, Eden Phillpotts, Talbot Baines Reed, and Desmond Coke. In addition to their pure entertainment value, these novels preserve a wealth of cultural information: class attitudes, sexual development, sports history, consciousness of Empire, role of the Established Church, study of the Classics. Biographical sketches are provided for most of the authors.
From Brown to Bunter
Author: P. W. Musgrave
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317365690
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Originally published in 1985. This is a fascinating account of the life cycle of a minor literary genre, the boys’ school story. It discusses early nineteenth-century precursors of the school story – didactic works with such revealing titles as The Parents’ Assistant – and goes on to examine in detail the two major examples of the genre - Hughes’s Tom Brown’s School Days and Farrar’s Eric. The slow development of the genre during the 1860s and 1870s is traced, and its institutionalisation by Talbot Baines Reed in, for example, The Fifth Form at St Dominic’s, is described. Many similar works were subsequently published for adults and adolescents, and the author shows how they differ from the originals in being critical in tone and written to a formula in plot and style. This development is discussed in relation to the changing social structure of Britain up to 1945, by which time to life of the genre was almost ended.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317365690
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Originally published in 1985. This is a fascinating account of the life cycle of a minor literary genre, the boys’ school story. It discusses early nineteenth-century precursors of the school story – didactic works with such revealing titles as The Parents’ Assistant – and goes on to examine in detail the two major examples of the genre - Hughes’s Tom Brown’s School Days and Farrar’s Eric. The slow development of the genre during the 1860s and 1870s is traced, and its institutionalisation by Talbot Baines Reed in, for example, The Fifth Form at St Dominic’s, is described. Many similar works were subsequently published for adults and adolescents, and the author shows how they differ from the originals in being critical in tone and written to a formula in plot and style. This development is discussed in relation to the changing social structure of Britain up to 1945, by which time to life of the genre was almost ended.
Quarterly Guide for Readers
Author: Finsbury (England). Public Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
Routledge's Magazine for Boys
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
The Public Schools from Within
Author: Public Schools
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Publishers' Trade List Annual
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Publishers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1246
Book Description
The English Catalogue of Books: v. [1]. 1835-1863
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1538
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1538
Book Description
The English Catalogue of Books
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1532
Book Description