Scouting for Boys :A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship - Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Scouting for Boys :A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship - Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
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Published:
27 September, 2018
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780198799993 |
| ISBN10 | 0198799993 |
| Number Of Pages | 448 |
| Item Weight | 568 g |
| Product Dimensions | 142 x 217 x 39 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Oxford University Press |
| Format | hardback |
Media Reviews
very good fun * Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph *
the value of Elleke Boehmer's well-annotated text of the original edition is to show us the anxieties, contradictions and excitements of the Boy Scout movement at its inception * Alan Hollinghurst, Guardian *
Elleke Boehmer's erudite introduction makes you wish she would get around to writing a full-length biogaphy of the first Chief Scout * William Cook, New Statesman *
this fascinating volume tells us a lot about Baden-Powell, his movement and even to some extent the particular point in time when scouting was born' * Washington Times *
Baden-Powell's work is well worth reading and re-reading, and that researchers with various interests and theoretical persuasions may find in its pages a great deal of interesting and rewarding material. * Thomas Kullman, Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen *
a gripping read * The Oldie *
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Author's Bio
Elleke Boehmer is the Professor of World Literature in English at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Oxford Life Writing Centre at Wolfson College. A founding figure in the field of colonial and postcolonial literary studies, she is the author, editor, or co-editor of over twenty books, including monographs and novels. Her monographs include Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (1995/2005), Stories of Women (2005), Indian Arrivals (winner ESSE 2015-16 prize), and Postcolonial Poetics (2018). Her novels include The Shouting in the Dark (long-listed Sunday Times prize, 2015), and Screens again the Sky (short-listed David Higham Prize 1990). Sharmilla and other Portraits is her 2010 volume of short stories. She is the General Editor of the Oxford Studies in Postcolonial Literatures Series.