Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Broadview Editions
Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm
Reihe: Broadview Editions
ISBN: 978-1-55481-236-3
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
Ragged Dick is paired in this edition with Risen from the Ranks, another coming-of-age story of a young man achieving respectability. Historical appendices include extensive contemporary reviews, material on the “success myth” associated with Alger, and parodies of Alger’s work.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Horatio Alger, Jr.: A Brief Chronology
- A Note on the Text
- Ragged Dick and Risen From the Ranks
- Appendix A: Alger on Children and the Novel
- “The Newsboys’ Lodging House,” Liberal Christian (20 April 1867)
- From Christian Union (10 May 1883)
- “Are My Boys Real?” Ladies’ Home Journal (November 1890)
- From “The Novel—Its Scope and Place in Literature,” New York Railroad Men (March 1896)
- “Writing Stories for Boys,” Writer (March 1896)
- Appendix B: Historical Documents on Children and the Success Myth
- From Benjamin Franklin, “The Way to Wealth” (1758)
- Mark Twain, “The Bootblacks,” Alta California (14 July 1867)
- Mark Twain, “The Late Benjamin Franklin,” Galaxy (July 1870)
- From Charles Loring Brace, The Dangerous Classes of New York (1872)
- Appendix C: Alger’s Critical Reception
- Advertisements
- New York Evening Post, 6 May 1868
- Boston Journal, 6 August 1868
- Boston Herald, 5 December 1868
- Boston Transcript, 8 December 1868
- Boston Transcript, 9 December 1868
- Contemporary Reviews of Ragged Dick
- Providence Press, 11 May 1868
- Salem Register, 11 May 1868
- “A Lively Boy’s Book,” Boston Traveller, 13 May 1868
- “Current Literature,” Advance, 21 May 1868
- “Our Book Table,” Turf, Field, and Farm, 23 May 1868
- New York Herald, 28 May 1868
- From “Literary Matters,” Daily Cleveland Herald, 5 June 1868 - From “Books for Boys, by Horatio Alger, Jr.,” Flag of Our Union, 20 June 1868
- “Ragged Dick,” Christian Register, 27 June 1868
- Putnam’s Magazine 12 (July 1868)
- Rufus Ellis, “Literary Notices,” Monthly Religious Magazine 40 (July 1868)
- “Library Table,” Round Table, 11 July 1868
- “Ragged Dick,” Godey’s Lady’s Book and Magazine 77 (August 1868)
- Contemporary Reviews of Risen from the Ranks
- “Briefer Notices,” Advance, 29 January 1874
- “Literary Notices,” St. Louis Republican, 17 October 1874
- Alexandria, Va., Gazette, 22 October 1874
- Vermont Phœnix, 23 October 1874
- “Literary Matters,” Daily Cleveland Herald, 29 October 1874
- “Briefer Notices,” Advance, 29 October 1874
- Galveston, Texas, Daily News, 30 October 1874
- “Literary Notices,” Philadelphia North American and United States Gazette, 2 November 1874
- “New Books, Charleston, S.C., News and Courier, 9 November 1874
- “Recent Publications,” Portland, Me., Daily Press, 30 November 1874
- “New Publications,” Arthur’s Illustrated Home Magazine 42 (December 1874)
- “Bound to Rise,” Little Rock Daily Arkansas Gazette, 22 December 1874
- “Editor’s Table,” Ohio Farmer, 2 January 1875
- Appendix D: Early Alger Parodies
- Charles Battell Loomis, “Bernard the Bartender,” Puck (7 May 1894)
- Stephen Crane, “A Self-Made Man: An Example of Success That Any One Can Follow,” Cornhill Magazine (March 1899)