Our Victorian Education by Dinah Birch

Our Victorian Education by Dinah Birch

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Cover copy [front cover] 'a remarkable and timely book' Philip Pullman [back cover] 'Dinah Birch's Our Victorian Education is a remarkable and timely book.

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Our Victorian Education by Dinah Birch

This groundbreaking book combines a historical interpretation of Victorian educational debate with a critical overview of contemporary educational thought. Traces the roots of contemporary educational practice in the values of Victorian thinking Combines detailed consideration of Victorian sources, literary and non-literary, with reflections on their legacy in the 21st century Reflects on questions of social class, religion, and gender as the Victorians defined them in relation to educational ideals Suggests challenging connections between literary and social history and contemporary dilemmas
Dinah Birch's aims, in this recent addition to the Blackwell Manifestos series, are bold.. .Birch has performed not only a scholarly but also a civic service. (Bronte Studies, November 2009)
Dinah Birch is a Professor of English Literature at Liverpool University. Her work on Victorian literature includes Ruskin’s Myths (1988), Ruskin on Turner (1990), and John Ruskin: Selected Writings (2004). She writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books, and is General Editor of a forthcoming revised edition of the Oxford Companion to English Literature.
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ISBN 13 9781405145060
ISBN 10 1405145064
Title Our Victorian Education
Author Dinah Birch
Series Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 2007-12-18
Number of pages 192
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