Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
"During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, British society gradually began to see 'adolescence' as a distinct social entity worthy of concentrated study and debate. Jenny Holt argues that the social construction of the public schoolboy, a figure made ubiquitous by a huge body of fictional, biographical, and journalistic work, had a disproportionate role to play in the development of social perceptions of adolescence and in forming ideas of how young people should be educated to become citizens in an age of increasing democracy. With attention to an admirably wide range of popular books as well as examples from the periodical press, Jenny Holt begins with a discussion of the ideas of late-eighteenth-century social radicals, and ends with the First World War, when the more 'serious' public school literature, which sought to involve juvenile readers in complex social and political issues, declined suddenly in popularity. Along the way, Jenny Holt considers the influence of Victorian Evangelical thought, Social Darwinism, and the early-twentieth-century National Efficiency movement on concepts of adolescence. Whether it is shedding new light on well-known texts by Thomas Hughes and Rudyard Kipling, providing a fascinating discussion of works written by boys themselves, or supplying historical context for the development of the concept of adolescence, this book will engage not only scholars of childhood and children's literature but Victorianists and those interested in the history of educational practice." -- Publisher's description.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
History and criticism, Books and reading, History, English literature, Children, School children in literature, Children's literature, English, Boys, Education in literature, Education, Adolescence in literature, Education, great britain, Sociology, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise, Histoire et critique, Élèves du primaire dans la littérature, Littérature anglaise, Garçons, Livres et lecture, LITERARY CRITICISM, European, English, Irish, Scottish, WelshPlaces
Great Britain, EnglandTimes
20th century, 19th centuryShowing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?
Edition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Public school literature, civic education and the politics of male adolescence
2008, Ashgate
in English
0754656624 9780754656623
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Table of Contents
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Library of Congress MARC recordLibrary of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Library of Congress MARC record
Better World Books record
Library of Congress MARC record
marc_columbia MARC record
marc_columbia MARC record
harvard_bibliographic_metadata record
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?November 29, 2023 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
December 15, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
August 14, 2020 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
January 21, 2010 | Edited by WorkBot | add more information to works |
December 11, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |