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Abbott, Ruth – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2007
This article begins by noting the tendency of certain academic practices to arrest thought, and attempts to circumvent that arrestation in the writer by reflecting on her adolescent response to the writings of William Wordsworth. It explores the possible implications of a youthful feeling that poetry is "true", tying this in with Wordsworth's own…
Descriptors: Poetry, Reader Response, Personal Narratives, English Literature
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Pridmore, John – International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 2007
The nineteenth-century fantasy writer George MacDonald believed that "it is better to be a child in a green field than a knight of many orders." In this paper, I shall explore the bearing of this high estimate of childhood on spiritual education. MacDonald explores the spirituality of the child in his essay "A Sketch of Individual Development" and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Fantasy, Fairy Tales, Children
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Kudlick, Catherine J. – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2009
This article reads two late nineteenth century short stories--one by Guy de Maupassant and the other by Louisa May Alcott--through the interpretive framework of Critical Disability Studies. It contrasts the traditional view of disability as a deficit or pathology that befalls certain unfortunate individuals with a newer one that understands it…
Descriptors: Literary Genres, Blindness, Attitudes toward Disabilities, At Risk Persons
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O'Brien, Tom – Arts Education Policy Review, 2007
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) has much to teach about arts education. However, the first question that many today might ask is, Should we listen to him at all? Wordsworth, some members of the postmodern academy have determined, was a bad man. He was unkind to his family and friends, they say, and they are uncomfortable with the politics he…
Descriptors: Art Education, Poets, Poetry, Popular Culture
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Wooden, Shannon R. – CEA Forum, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Braddon's novels and stories exemplify some of the main issues surrounding women's texts and their place in literature: aesthetic value, intellectual challenge, universality, and contemporary popularity. Her work, it may be argued, betrays occasional aesthetic imperfections; however, she produced a tremendous amount of published…
Descriptors: Victorian Literature, English Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Feminism
Nowinski, Judith – French Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Characterization, French Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature
Gleason, Gene – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1975
Discusses the lives and work of three popular nineteenth century authors of young people's books. (PF)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Literary History, Nineteenth Century Literature
Barnhill, Georgia B. – 2001
This paper discusses the use of lithography in the United States in the early 1800s. Highlights include: the development of lithography in Germany between 1796 and 1798; early expectations for lithography; competition against the existing technology for the production of images--relief prints and copper-plate engravings; examples of 18th-century…
Descriptors: Illustrations, Nineteenth Century Literature, Printed Materials, Printing
Perrin, Phil D. – J Res Music Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Music Education, Nineteenth Century Literature, Singing, Teaching Methods
Roggenbuck, Mary June – Horn Book Magazine, 1977
Discusses the influence which "Harper's Young People" had on a generation of reading children, beginning in 1879. (JM)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Nineteenth Century Literature, Periodicals
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Davies, Margaret – French Review, 1973
Descriptors: French Literature, Imagery, Impressionistic Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature
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Feal Deibe, Carlos – Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 1971
Descriptors: Characterization, Naturalism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Novels
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Gottlieb, Lois C. – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1978
Examines the critical treatment of business in six late nineteenth century plays by two successful American playwrights, Bronson Howard and Augustus Thomas. Analyzes the elements of character and dramatic conflict arising from the antibusiness theme. (JMF)
Descriptors: Business, Drama, Nineteenth Century Literature, United States Literature
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Banerjee, Jacqueline – College English, 1995
Argues that among the branches of historicism practiced by literary critics today, a branch of New Historicism that is broadly humanistic as opposed to narrowly political is the most illuminating. Describes the development and theoretical premises of this branch. Shows how it may be applied to the analysis of a literary work such as Keats's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Poetry
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Ianetta, Melissa – College English, 2005
The bifurcation of rhetorical and literary traditions that has impoverished the understanding of disciplinary history as a simultaneously rhetorical and literary event is illustrated. It is demonstrated that defining the sublime experience solely in terms of its aesthetic heritage, and thus obscuring its rhetorical foundations, suppresses those…
Descriptors: Females, Literary Genres, Rhetoric, Authors
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