The Boy Through the Ages - Softcover

Stuart, Dorothy Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589637828 ISBN 13: 9781589637825

Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL), 2002

Synopsis

This book has been written for the delight not only of child-readers, but of such of their elders as like and understand small boys. Its aim has been to present a vivid and faithful picture of the daily life of the average boy from the epoch of the cave-dwellers to the middle of Queen Victoria's reign, and to trace, by the way, the evolution of the modern attitude toward children, from that of the earlier and less sympathetic periods in history. Some place has been given to the ideas of theorists such as Sir Thomas Elyot, Dean Colet, Roger Ascham, James I and VI, and Thomas Day, to say nothing of those arch-swishers, King Solomon and Orbilius: but for the most part the attention is focused upon the boys themselves, their studies, their sports, and the color which their lives took from their surroundings.

To make the chronicle more real and convincing, illustrations have been gathered together from many sources - from museum exhibits, ancient manuscripts, and portraits in private collections and in public galleries. Each of these does, in good truth, 'illustrate' some point or some episode in the accompanying text.

It has thematic chapters about boys, from Egypt, Greece, Rome, Norse boys, Anglo-Saxon boys, Norman Boys, Medieval Boys, the Renaissance Boy, and the 17th through 19th centuries (plus an index).

About this title

About the Author

Dorothy Margaret Stuart, (1889-1963) was a poet and writer of great ability. Her works include literary and historical biographies, historical non-fiction particularly concentrating on the lives of women and children, and history stories for children. She was a member of the English Association from 1930 onwards, edited its newsletter and contributed essays and book reviews to its journal, English.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589637828
• ISBN 13: 9781589637825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296