Miles Booy

The Chalet School Books and the Twentieth Century (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

The first full-length study of this beloved children's series, The Chalet School in the Twentieth Century moves beyond the largely generic analysis within which it has previously been discussed. Published between 1925 and 1970, the series moves from European reconciliation after the Great War, through a second global conflict to a post-war world increasingly defined by increased secularity and emerging consumerism. Reproducing cover illustrations, Miles Booy's book examines both those issues which author Elinor M. Brent-Dyer consciously explored (such as the exceptional The Chalet School in Exile, which she sought to explain the Nazi occupation of Austria to her young readers) and those aspects of the text which must be read symptomatically. This is a book which will engage students with historical and cultural interests beyond children's literature. With barely a midnight feast in sight, but much anxiety about social change, it's a familiar genre, but not as you think you know it. Hurry up, new girls, class is about to begin...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040395363
• Artikelnr.: 74048345

Autorenporträt

Miles Booy is an independent scholar who lives in Stafford, UK, with his wife and son. He studied at the College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, and did post-graduate work at the University of East Anglia. His previous books concerned Doctor Who, Marvel Comics, and Star Wars, so perhaps this work sees him exploring his feminine side.

Inhaltsangabe

Housekeeping and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: The Chalet School and Pre-Industrial Communities
Chapter Two: Runaways of the Chalet School
Chapter Three: Empire of the Chalet School
Chapter Four: The Chalet School Goes To War
Chapter Five: The Chalet Girls Self-Actualise
Coda: Sex and the Single Chaletian
Bibliography
Index