Schooling readers : reading common schools in nineteenth-century American fiction /

"Investigates a hitherto-unexplored popular fiction genre that spanned the 1830s to the 1880s, that of the "common school" story. These stories, primarily published in periodicals and magazines, and typically told from teachers' perspectives, represent the experiences of students...

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Main Author: Speicher, Allison (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
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Summary:"Investigates a hitherto-unexplored popular fiction genre that spanned the 1830s to the 1880s, that of the "common school" story. These stories, primarily published in periodicals and magazines, and typically told from teachers' perspectives, represent the experiences of students and teachers in common (free, unregulated) schools of the nineteenth century"--
Physical Description:x, 237 pages : charts ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-232) and index.
ISBN:9780817319168
0817319166