American Boarding School Fiction, 1928-1981
Subtitle: A Critical Study
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780786478651
Subjects: American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century; Boarding schools
Description: "In spite of their unsettling images of anguish and cruelty, American boarding-school novels have attracted large audiences and influenced countless school narratives in fiction, drama, television and film. Many books have been written about British school stories. This is the first study that explores the history of boarding-school fiction in the United States"--