| Plots of Enlightenment: Education and the Novel in Eighteenth-Century England Contributor(s): Barney, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804729786 ISBN-13: 9780804729789 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1999 Annotation: " Establishes more flexible and generous ways of thinking about this subject than those offered in earlier works in the field. . . . The body of Barney' s book is occupied by some wonderfully alert and sophisticated close readings of key works of pedagogical theory." -- Times Literary Supplement " A wonderful book, full of deep learning, critical brilliance, and provocative cultural analysis." -- Carol Houlihan Flynn, Tufts University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.509 |
| LCCN: 99021524 |
| Physical Information: 1.14" H x 5.81" W x 8.81" (1.34 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the emergence of the English novel during the early 1700s as a preeminent form of popular education at a time when educators were defining a new kind of "modern" English citizenship for both men and women. |
