A Robin Hoffman

Gebundenes Buch

Victorian Alphabet Books and the Education of the Eye

British Approaches to Literacy Through the Nineteenth Century

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

For more than twenty years, A. Robin Hoffman's research has focused on children's literature and Victorian illustration. This includes master's degrees in English (University of Connecticut, 2005) and art history (University College London, 2007) and a PhD in English, completed spring 2012 at the University of Pittsburgh. That fall, she began a postdoctoral fellowship in museum publishing at the Yale Center for British Art, where she became a curatorial staff member in 2015. Upon moving to Chicago in 2017, Robin joined the publishing department at the Art Institute of Chicago and is now Senior Editor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 119mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780198938132
• ISBN-10: 0198938136
• Artikelnr.: 73221894