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Direct linkSekeres, Diane Carver – Children's Literature in Education, 2005
"Elsie Dinsmore," the first book in a late 19th century children's series, is unique because it had not been adapted, just reprinted, until 1999. It is also unique in the setting, the mythic Southern plantation life of the 1850s. The 1999 edition ameliorated what is now recognized as racist language based on the images of the minstrelsy tradition,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Publishing Industry, Racial Bias
Download full textGentile, John Samuel – 1981
Charles Dickens was not only a master novelist but was also a master in the art of performance. His distinctive reading style was in marked contrast to the standard practices of mid-nineteenth century elocution, but his unique readings and performance philosophy closely resemble the text-centered approach of modern oral interpretation. Considered…
Descriptors: Characterization, English Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Oral Interpretation
Richardson, Selma K., Ed. – 1980
This collection of papers delivered at a symposium held in April 1979 explores the relationship between children and literature in the nineteenth century. The following titles are included: "The Researcher's Craft: Designs and Implements," and "Children's Books and Social History," by Gillian Avery; "Reflections on Histories of Childhood," by…
Descriptors: Books, Children, Childrens Literature, Conferences
Peer reviewedZimra, Clarisse – French Review, 1976
Nineteenth-century French exotic literature, and America as one of its principal sources, are discussed. (Text is in French.) (DB)
Descriptors: French Literature, Literary History, Nineteenth Century Literature, United States History
Peer reviewedBalbin, Rafael de – Revista de Filologia Espanola, 1969
Special issue devoted to the life and works of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. (DS)
Descriptors: Creativity, Imagery, Impressionistic Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature
Peer reviewedRozas, Juan Manuel – Revista de Filologia Espanola, 1969
Special issue devoted to the life and works of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. (DS)
Descriptors: Lyric Poetry, Motifs, Nineteenth Century Literature, Poetry
Peer reviewedVarela, Jose Luis – Revista de Filologia Espanola, 1969
Special issue devoted to the life and works of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. (DS)
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Motifs, Nineteenth Century Literature, Prose
Peer reviewedDunn, Richard J. – University of Toronto Quarterly, 1970
With attention to Carlyle's and his contemporaries' reactions to his humour, this study examines Carlyle's theory and describes important practical successes and difficulties he had with it." (Author)
Descriptors: Comedy, Humor, Irony, Nineteenth Century Literature
Fader, Daniel – Library Journal, 1971
One hundred and thirty-one British periodicals on general subjects published between the Restoration and the death of Queen Victoria are now made available through University Microfilms. (MF)
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, Library Materials, Microfilm, Nineteenth Century Literature
Hearn, Michael Patrick – Horn Book Magazine, 1983
Reviews a 35-volume set of reproductions of nineteenth-century juvenile literature. (AEA)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Picture Books, Publishing Industry
Peer reviewedBeauchamp, Gorman – Journal of General Education, 1981
Discusses the relationships among the myth of the Golden Age, the concept of the Noble Savage, and the dream of Utopia. Uses Lewis Mumford's division of utopias into two basic types, i.e., reconstruction and escape utopias, to examine Herman Melville's "Typee" as an example of the primitive escapist utopia. (Editor/DMM)
Descriptors: Fiction, Mythology, Nineteenth Century Literature, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedKhanna, Lee Cullen – Journal of General Education, 1981
Examines "Looking Backward's" attraction, seen as derived from the literary elements of surprise, suspense, metaphorical contrasts, analogy, and the discovery of identity by the characters and the reader. Highlights the dream device leaving the reader to ponder the dual identity of art and life and the reality of utopia. (Editor/DMM)
Descriptors: Characterization, Literary Devices, Literary Styles, Metaphors
Peer reviewedNimon, Maureen – Children's Literature in Education, 1988
Asserts that Sunday School magazines are significant in the history of children's reading because they were the most easily accessible literature for children in many English-speaking countries during the nineteenth century. Examines content and themes in two such magazines, "The Children's Friend" and "The Child's Companion and…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, History, Literary Criticism, Literary History
Peer reviewedJordan, Thomas E. – Mental Retardation, 2000
This article analyzes the essay (1866) by J. Langdon Down that first described the condition now known as Down Syndrome. The article's key concepts are related to the scientific literature of the era including writings on medicine, ethnography, public health, and genetics. Noted are nineteenth century ideas of "degeneracy" incorporated into Down's…
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Nineteenth Century Literature, Science History
Peer reviewedQuinn, Arthur – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1995
Advises that in teaching Kenneth Burke it is important that students understand that his strength is not what Richard Rorty calls systematic reasoning but rather edification. Shows how Burke, like Thomas Carlyle, is prophet or sage who sketches out a Romantic world view. (TB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Logic, Nineteenth Century Literature, Rhetoric
