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Victorian alphabet books and the education of the eye : British approaches to literacy through the nineteenth century / A. Robin Hoffman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoffman, A. Robin, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alphabet books--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Alphabet books.
- Literacy--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 30, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780198938163
- 0198938160
- 9780198938149
- 0198938144
- OCLC:
- 1458299276
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