Literature and the Body

Literature and the Body
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Publisher : Rodopi
Total Pages : 220
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ISBN-10 : 905183389X
ISBN-13 : 9789051833898
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Literature and the Body by : Anthony George Purdy

From Brown to Bunter

From Brown to Bunter
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781317365686
ISBN-13 : 1317365682
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis From Brown to Bunter by : P. W. Musgrave

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.

From Morality to Mayhem

From Morality to Mayhem
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9780718895402
ISBN-13 : 0718895401
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis From Morality to Mayhem by : Julian Lovelock

The stories we read as children are the ones that stay with us the longest, and from the nineteenth century until the 1950s stories about schools held a particular fascination. Many will remember the goings-on at such earnest establishments as Tom Brown’s Rugby, St Dominic’s, Greyfriars, the Chalet School, Malory Towers and Linbury Court. In the second part of the twentieth century, with more liberal social attitudes and the advent of secondary education for all, these moral tales lost their appeal and the school story very nearly died out. More recently, however, a new generation of compromised schoolboy and schoolgirl heroes – Pennington, Tyke Tiler, Harry Potter and Millie Roads – have given it a new and challenging relevance. Focusing mainly on novels written for young people, From Morality to Mayhem charts the fall and rise of the school story, from the grim accounts of Victorian times to the magic and mayhem of our own age. In doing so it considers how fictional schools not only reflect but sometimes influence real life. This captivating study will appeal to those interested in children’s literature and education, both students and the general reader, taking us on a not altogether comfortable trip down memory lane.

Happiest Days

Happiest Days
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 071901879X
ISBN-13 : 9780719018794
Rating : 4/5 (9X Downloads)

Synopsis Happiest Days by : Jeffrey Richards

The New International Encyclopaedia

The New International Encyclopaedia
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 974
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101079830178
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The New International Encyclopaedia by : Daniel Coit Gilman

The New International Encyclopædia

The New International Encyclopædia
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 992
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015053670397
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (97 Downloads)

Synopsis The New International Encyclopædia by : Daniel Coit Gilman

The New International Encyclopædia

The New International Encyclopædia
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 924
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000057448916
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The New International Encyclopædia by : Frank Moore Colby

Birdie or Bust

Birdie or Bust
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Publisher : Trevor Whitehead
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9798701485462
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Birdie or Bust by : Trevor Whitehead

After being jilted at the altar after being crowned the British Open Amateur, Billy Brown's life couldn't get any worse after finding out his bride-to-be had run off with his father. After eighteen months of staying in to avoid all the embarrassment, Billy accepts a job at the Forrester's golf course as a greenkeeper. He spends the next eighteen years quite contented to cut grass and not pick up a golf club. It's not until the Forrester's is sold that the new owners coax Billy out of his shell and get him playing again. It's not long before they realise they have a phenomenon on their hands. Can Billy, at nearly forty realize his dream of winning a major tournament? Could this be the best comeback ever? A story of love and betrayal, funny and sad. Can the good guy win for a change? An endearing tale of betrayal, love and kindness. Sometimes humorous, sometimes sad, an enjoyable read from start to finish.