Death and Violence in Some Victorian School Reading Books

Examines British and American 19th-century classroom readers and their treatment of death. Quantitatively analyzes several series, using a computer database for each volume. Finds that school readers reflected the Victorians' preoccupation with death and helped socialize children into the Victo...

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Published in:Children's literature in education 1998-06, Vol.29 (2), p.109
Main Author: McGeorge, Colin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Content Analysis
Death
Educational History
Elementary Education
Nineteenth Century
Reading Instruction
Reading Materials
Textbook Content
Textbooks
Victorian Literature
Victorian Period
Violence
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Summary:Examines British and American 19th-century classroom readers and their treatment of death. Quantitatively analyzes several series, using a computer database for each volume. Finds that school readers reflected the Victorians' preoccupation with death and helped socialize children into the Victorian sense that death was ever at hand. (PA)
ISSN:0045-6713
DOI:10.1023/A:1022411126021