Dickens on Education / John Manning.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, John, Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Dickens, Charles.

Education--Philosophy.

Education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 251 pages)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This account of Dickens's interest in education covers his life and times, and his fiction, speeches, articles, and letters, Since our knowledge of Dickens's own schooling in not very extensive, the author has made a careful analysis of Dickens's formal schooling and other experiences that informed his mind.

Contents:

Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; I Charles Dickens Receives an Education; II Education through Church and Charity; III Education through Private Enterprise; IV The Education of Girls; V Educational Theory and Practice; VI Dickens's Speeches on Education; VII Dickens's Articles Relating to Education; VIII Dickens's Private Views on Education as Evidenced in His Letters; IX The Contribution of Dickens to Education; APPENDIX A Reference List of Teachers; APPENDIX B Reference List of Schools; APPENDIX C "Infant Gardens"; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-7671-4

OCLC:

1105310918