Victorian alphabet books and the education of the eye British approaches to literacy through the nineteenth century

This title explores what nineteenth-century alphabet books can tell us about literacy and constructions of childhood in Britain throughout this period. The volume shows how artists and writers including William Thackeray, Edward Lear, and Kate Greenaway participated in ongoing debates about what cou...

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1. Verfasser: Hoffman, A. Robin (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York Oxford University Press 2024
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Zusammenfassung:This title explores what nineteenth-century alphabet books can tell us about literacy and constructions of childhood in Britain throughout this period. The volume shows how artists and writers including William Thackeray, Edward Lear, and Kate Greenaway participated in ongoing debates about what counted as literacy and how reading should be taught
Beschreibung:xiv, 230 pages
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23 cm
ISBN:9780198938132
0198938136