A. S. Neill, founder of Summerhill, the most admired and most feared of all progressive schools, was famous as a schoolteacher, educational reformer, and author of illuminating and stylish books about education and the mind of the child. But few people know he was also a dedicated, prolific, uninhibited, witty and often mischievous letter writer. This selection of gems, first published in 1983, has been chosen from hundreds of his letters by his biographer. It includes letters about education, children, politics, writing, fatherhood, the Bomb, old age and death.
ISBN: | 9781138813359 |
Publication date: | 5th February 2016 |
Author: | Jonathan Croall |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 286 pages |
Series: | Routledge Revivals |
Genres: |
Philosophy and theory of education Biography: general Literary companions, book reviews and guides |