From Morality to Mayhem

From Morality to Mayhem
Author :
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Total Pages : 312
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780718847739
ISBN-13 : 0718847733
Rating : 4/5 (733 Downloads)

Book Synopsis From Morality to Mayhem by : Julian Lovelock

Download or read book From Morality to Mayhem written by Julian Lovelock and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


From Morality to Mayhem Related Books

From Morality to Mayhem
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Julian Lovelock
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-10-25 - Publisher: Lutterworth Press

GET EBOOK

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 particu
Mark Twain & Company
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Leland Krauth
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: University of Georgia Press

GET EBOOK

In this comparison of Mark Twain with six of his literary contemporaries, Leland Krauth looks anew at the writer's multifaceted creativity. Twain, a highly lett
The Speaker
Language: en
Pages: 452
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1899 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Empire Boys: Adventures in a Man's World
Language: en
Pages: 209
Authors: Joseph Bristow
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-08-27 - Publisher: Routledge

GET EBOOK

Originally published in 1991. Focusing on ‘boys' own’ literature, this book examines the reasons why such a distinct type of combative masculinity developed
Public School Magazine
Language: en
Pages: 502
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1900 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK