Public school literature, civic education and the politics of male adolescence /
Jenny Holt
- Farnham, England : Ashgate, 2008
- 270 p. ; 25 cm.
- Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-256) and index
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
Children's literature, English--History and criticism School children in literature English literature--History and criticism--19th century English literature--History and criticism--20th century Boys--Books and reading--Great Britain Children--Books and reading--History--England--19th century Children--Books and reading--History--England--20th century Education--History--Great Britain Adolescence in literature Education in literature