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Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Exclusion as Innovation (Paperback): Sheila Cordner Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Exclusion as Innovation (Paperback)
Sheila Cordner
R1,398 Discovery Miles 13 980 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sheila Cordner traces a tradition of literary resistance to dominant pedagogies in nineteenth-century Britain, recovering an overlooked chapter in the history of thought about education. This book considers an influential group of writers - all excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of their class or gender - who argue extensively for the value of learning outside of schools altogether. From just beyond the walls of elite universities, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Thomas Hardy, and George Gissing used their position as outsiders as well as their intimate knowledge of British universities through brothers, fathers, and friends, to satirize rote learning in schools for the working classes as well as the education offered by elite colleges. Cordner analyzes how predominant educational rhetoric, intended to celebrate England's progress while simultaneously controlling the spread of knowledge to the masses, gets recast not only by the four primary authors in this book but also by insiders of universities, who fault schools for their emphasis on memorization. Drawing upon working-men's club reports, student guides, educational pamphlets, and materials from the National Home Reading Union, as well as recent work on nineteenth-century theories of reading, Cordner unveils a broader cultural movement that embraced the freedom of learning on one's own.

Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Exclusion as Innovation (Hardcover, New Ed): Sheila Cordner Education in Nineteenth-Century British Literature - Exclusion as Innovation (Hardcover, New Ed)
Sheila Cordner
R4,434 Discovery Miles 44 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Sheila Cordner traces a tradition of literary resistance to dominant pedagogies in nineteenth-century Britain, recovering an overlooked chapter in the history of thought about education. This book considers an influential group of writers - all excluded from Oxford and Cambridge because of their class or gender - who argue extensively for the value of learning outside of schools altogether. From just beyond the walls of elite universities, Jane Austen, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Thomas Hardy, and George Gissing used their position as outsiders as well as their intimate knowledge of British universities through brothers, fathers, and friends, to satirize rote learning in schools for the working classes as well as the education offered by elite colleges. Cordner analyzes how predominant educational rhetoric, intended to celebrate England's progress while simultaneously controlling the spread of knowledge to the masses, gets recast not only by the four primary authors in this book but also by insiders of universities, who fault schools for their emphasis on memorization. Drawing upon working-men's club reports, student guides, educational pamphlets, and materials from the National Home Reading Union, as well as recent work on nineteenth-century theories of reading, Cordner unveils a broader cultural movement that embraced the freedom of learning on one's own.

Who's Hiding In This Book? - Meet 10 Famous Authors (Hardcover): Sheila Cordner Who's Hiding In This Book? - Meet 10 Famous Authors (Hardcover)
Sheila Cordner; Illustrated by Daniel Fiore
R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Who's Hiding In This Book? - Meet 10 Famous Authors (Paperback): Sheila Cordner Who's Hiding In This Book? - Meet 10 Famous Authors (Paperback)
Sheila Cordner; Illustrated by Daniel Fiore
R477 R387 Discovery Miles 3 870 Save R90 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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