G.A.Henty: 19th century adventure stories and history
International Centre for Research in Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity
Starting September 08
Background
G.A.Henty (1832-1902) was a prolific and influential nineteenth century writer of adventure stories for boys, circa 144 novels and numerous stories many of which were set in the imperialist campaigns of the period. Henty was one of the first war correspondents, and a number of his books contain versions of his reports in the text and also reflect his views. Henty’s reports as a war correspondent were influential in shaping knowledge and attitudes at a time when communication centred upon written and newspaper reports. The major research ‘Brown Collection’ of the works of G.A. Henty plus writing on Henty is located in the Centre providing an ideal resource for this study.
As a full-time student in the Graduate Research School you will be provided with an office shared with other full-time students and your own computer. You will be based in a Graduate environment with the opportunity to share experiences with other doctoral students both part-time and full-time. Supervisory team: Director of Studies, Prof J. Webb -international expert in children’s literature: Dr. P. McNally, historian; Dr. Andreas Mueller, expertise in literature & journalism.
- £12,300 bursary for a period of 3 years.
- Paid fees.
- Access to an expenses budget for travel, conference attendance and other related costs.
Qualifications: a good BA (Hons) or above preferably in an area of literary studies but could be history.
The closing date for applications is May 30th 2008
Candidates will be invited for interview on the June 19th 2008
Please submit your proposal in the area as above, plus a sample of your writing.
Further information and an application form can be found at: http://www.worc.ac.uk/research/studentships
For more information about the project please contact:
Prof. Jean Webb
Director of the International Centre for Research in Children’s Literature, Literacy and Creativity
University of Worcester
Henwick Grove
Worcester WR26AJ
j.webb@worc.ac.uk
01905 855459
