Nineteenth-Century Children's Literature Google Group

Call for Papers

2009-06-17T00:47:18Z

Call for Papers -- Exploring Childhood Studies, A Graduate Student
Conference

Department of Childhood Studies
Rutgers University, Camden

The graduate students of the Department of Childhood Studies at
Rutgers University, Camden invite submissions for papers and poster
presentations for their first formal graduate student conference on

PhD Bursary Competition: 19th Century Children's Literature (20 March 2009)

2009-03-04T12:21:04Z

Hello,

The Department of English at The University of Exeter is currently
running a competition to fund 7 fully funded, and 16 part-funded PhD
projects. The competition is open to both UK and international
students, and does *not* require dual-applications to other external
funding (e.g. AHRC). The deadline for applications is the 20th March

Re: A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-11-05T16:38:54Z

I'm not sure if you would also be considering American literature, but
in Louisa May Alcott's _Little Men_ I believe there's at least one
(maybe several) fighting scene that Professor Bhaer breaks up. I
think almost any of the fights would concern Dan, the "firebrand" bad
boy who comes to live at the school and behaves in a way that disturbs

Re: [19thcenturychildlit] Re: A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-11-03T18:34:15Z

Thank you all, these are a huge help!
~Mary

Re: A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-11-01T04:03:57Z

This sounds like a fun project. I'm guessing you're concentrating on
boys' school stories because of their comparative prevalence, but it's
interesting to note how different "fights" are in girls' school
stories. Angela Brazil's fiction is a ripe source for these, even if
they are early twentieth century texts. From the dozen or so I read,

Re: [19thcenturychildlit] A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-11-01T00:49:04Z

There's a splendid fight in *The Daisy Chain* by Charlotte Yonge.
Melynda Huskey

Re: A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-10-31T12:57:40Z

This is too early, but there's a splendid fight in Sarah Fielding's
_The Governess, or Little Female Academy_ (1749); the girls really
tear into one another, then justify themselves and sulk in a very
realistic manner. It might be interesting to consider the gendered
implications of the reasons and causes for the fighting.

Re: [19thcenturychildlit] A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-10-31T04:04:46Z

----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Auxier
To: 19thcenturychildlit@googlegrou ps.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11:24 AM
Subject: [19thcenturychildlit] A Question for the group....School Fights
Hi all,
I am working on a project on school fights in 19th century literature. I

A Question for the group....School Fights

2008-10-29T18:24:26Z

Hi all,
I am working on a project on school fights in 19th century literature. I
have, of course, looked at the famous scene in *Tom Brown's Schooldays*, but
I was wondering what other not-to-miss examples and discussions of this
topic you might recommend.
Thanks!
Mary

Call for Papers: Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales

2008-10-06T10:58:24Z

[Reproduced from child_lit]

Call for Papers:

Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: A Garden of Delight

Wilde's fairy tales, like the rest of his work, offer curious
juxtapositions between art and nature, purity and corruption,
asceticism and sexuality, child and adult, human and nonhuman. The
"literariness" of Wilde's tales--his ornate style and ironic

Call for Papers: Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales

2008-10-06T10:58:24Z

[Reproduced from child_lit]

Call for Papers:

Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: A Garden of Delight

Call for Papers: Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales

2008-10-06T10:58:24Z

[Reproduced from child_lit]

Call for Papers:

Oscar Wilde's Fairy Tales: A Garden of Delight

Jewett's Stories

2008-09-28T02:04:56Z

I understand that Sarah Orne Jewett wrote several children's books.
Does anyone know them? I can't imagine that the author of _The Country
of the Pointed Firs_, and so many fine short stories, could turn out
anything but excellent work. But I thought I would ask: are they well
regarded? Are they still in print?

Concerning Lucy Maud Montgomery

2008-09-23T16:45:32Z

A sad story here about one of the finest authors of children's books
in the last century. She misses our period only by a few years.

Bob

[link]

The heartbreaking truth about Anne's creator
Kate Macdonald Butler reveals a long-held secret about her

Spam apologies

2008-09-19T12:37:54Z

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