John Castle (1819 – 1888): Reading & Writing “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” Oscar Wilde …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Home & Family I am going to refer to an idea I previously brought forward in my Purpose and Audience entry, the idea from David …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Life & Labour Life and Labour ‘I calculate that is, or should be, the motive of all persons who set up in business – every …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Habits, Culture & Belief When discussing the habits and practices of any individual in the middle of the 19th century the question of class is always …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Education & Schooling ‘I am forced to be a strong advocate for Compulsory Education’ (26) Education is a recurring theme throughout the account of John …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Purpose and Audience In ‘Love and Death and the Nineteenth – Century working class’[i] David Vincent introduces the idea of an author’s reticence, with particular …
John Castle (1819 – 1888): Politics, Protest & Class John Castle was a founding member and manger of the Colchester Co-operative society. This blog will discuss the political implications of this …
John Castle (1888 – 1819): Life Writing, Class & Identity Regenia Gagnier’s work ‘Social Atoms: Working-Class Autobiography, Subjectivity, and Gender’[i] discusses the idea of six different narrative forms for working class writers. …
