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From Morality to Mayhem - The Fall and Rise of the English School Story (Paperback)
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From Morality to Mayhem - The Fall and Rise of the English School Story (Paperback)
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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.
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