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 coun...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2024.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198938132 0198938136 |