Literacy and the Practice of Writing in the 19th Century: A Strange Blossoming of Spirit - Couverture souple

Howard, Ursula

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1862015643 ISBN 13 : 9781862015647

Editeur : National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2012

Synopsis

Book by Howard Ursula

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Ursula Howard's enquiry into nineteenth-century working-class autobiography is an illuminating read, firmly rooted in questions that still burn strongly for adult educators today. The book makes a significant contribution to literacy studies it is about writing, which is often ignored or subsumed under reading in policy and practice. Most importantly it is about the 'unbidden' literacy practices of working class autobiography in an age where writing was not expected of 'ordinary people'. Howard asks: why did writing matter so much to these authors that they went against the grain to record their thoughts and experiences? How did they do it and at what cost? This is a carefully and engagingly written book to read end to end. It is structured to take us through the broad social and political context of literacy in the nineteenth century, to the more local context of the community and social relationships within which individual working-class autobiographies were produced. --Mary Hamilton, Professor of Adult Learning and Literacy, Lancaster University

Présentation de l'éditeur

A history of learning and literacy in nineteenth-century England, based on documentary and qualitative evidence, this book explores people's desire to learn, their ways of learning and practising writing and what meaning writing had for them at a time when there was little or no state education available. Those who learned and used writing skills before state education had practices, purposes and beliefs in common, including a consciousness of the social nature and purposes of learning, and the sense that writing skill is a powerful asset in enabling the development and exercise of human agency. Howard therefore addresses questions which lie at the heart of much literacy scholarship: are people who cannot write less able to organise and change their lives? Is writing fundamental to empowerment and self-realisation, for individuals and for communities? If so, when and in which circumstances did this become the case?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1862015643
• ISBN 13: 9781862015647
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible