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Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship
ISBN: 9780198900344
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Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (American Literature)
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9780198900344 (10-digit ISBN: 0198900341)
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- Key Features
- Series Description
- The first, and only, critical edition of Baden-Powell's bestselling manual, Scouting for Boys
- The editorial material reveals the true complexity of this fascinating book: its literary and anti-literary qualities; its advice on male bonding and masculinity; and its intertwining of the health of the body, the nation, and the empire
- Notes relate the book to the many sources which informed it, from Kipling to Samuel Smiles (author of Self-Help), woodcraft lore to detective fiction, and amateur theatre to sex manuals
- Baden-Powell's original advice about masturbation, cut from the original, and all subsequent editions of Scouting for Boys, appears as an Appendix
- All Baden-Powell's illustrations for the first edition are included
The original 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement, Scouting for Boys (1908) is probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet it is an extraordinary hodge-podge of jingoist lore, tracker legend, extracts from adventure fiction, and autobiographical writing which reveals the multiple anxieties of its author and time.
For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
The original 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement, Scouting for Boys (1908) is probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet it is an extraordinary hodge-podge of jingoist lore, tracker legend, extracts from adventure fiction, and autobiographical writing which reveals the multiple anxieties of its author and time.
Key Features
- The first, and only, critical edition of Baden-Powell's bestselling manual, Scouting for Boys
- The editorial material reveals the true complexity of this fascinating book: its literary and anti-literary qualities; its advice on male bonding and masculinity; and its intertwining of the health of the body, the nation, and the empire
- Notes relate the book to the many sources which informed it, from Kipling to Samuel Smiles (author of Self-Help), woodcraft lore to detective fiction, and amateur theatre to sex manuals
- Baden-Powell's original advice about masturbation, cut from the original, and all subsequent editions of Scouting for Boys, appears as an Appendix
- All Baden-Powell's illustrations for the first edition are included
Series Description
For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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