Literature, Education, and Romanticism: Reading as Social Practice, 1780-1832

by Alan Richardson

Book Overview

In this wide-ranging and detailed book Alan Richardson addresses many issues in literary and educational history never before examined together. The result is an unprecedented study of how transformations in schooling and literacy in Britain between 1780 and 1832 helped shape the provision of literature as we now know it. In chapters focused on such topics as definitions of childhood, educational methods and institutions, children's literature, female...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521607094
• ISBN13: 9780521607094
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"