Holt, Jenny, 1973-

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

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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