Schoolhouse gothic : haunted hallways and predatory pedagogues in late twentieth-century American literature and scholarship / / by Sherry R. Truffin
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Truffin Sherry R
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| Titolo: |
Schoolhouse gothic : haunted hallways and predatory pedagogues in late twentieth-century American literature and scholarship / / by Sherry R. Truffin
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| Pubblicazione: | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars, 2008 |
| Newcastle : , : Cambridge Scholars, , 2008 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.0872909054 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic fiction (Literary genre), American - History and criticism |
| Education in literature | |
| American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The "Schoolhouse Gothic," undertaken by insiders and outsiders to the academy alike and embodied both in literature and in academic discourse, draws on Gothic metaphors and themes in representing and interrogating contemporary American schools and educators. Curses from the past take the form of persistent power inequities (of race, gender, class, and age) and, rather ironically, the very Enlightenment that was to save the moderns from rigid, ancient, mystified hierarchies. In Schoolhouse Got... |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Schoolhouse gothic |
| ISBN: | 1-282-19049-0 |
| 9786612190490 | |
| 1-4438-0663-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817237103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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