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Peter Abbs (1942–2020)

Author of Against the Flow: Education, the Art and Postmodern Culture

26+ Works 141 Members

About the Author

Includes the name: Peter Abbs Lecturer in Education University of Sussex.

Works by Peter Abbs

Against the Flow: Education, the Art and Postmodern Culture (2003) 26 copies

The Forms of Poetry: A Practical Study Guide for English (1990) 17 copies

Earth Songs: A Resurgence Anthology of Contemporary Eco-Poetry (2003) — Editor — 16 copies

The Symbolic Order: A Contemporary Reader On The Arts Debate (Education and Alienation Series) (1989) — Editor — 14 copies

The Forms of Narrative: A Practical Study Guide for English (1990) 14 copies

The Flowering of Flint: Selected Poems (Salt Modern Poets) (2007) 10 copies

Living powers : the arts in education (1987) — Editor — 6 copies

A is for aesthetic essays on creative and aesthetic education (1989) 6 copies

Viva la Vida (Salt Modern Poets) (2005) 5 copies

The educational imperative a defence of Socratic and aesthetic learning (1994) 3 copies

Proposal for a new college (1977) 3 copies

Personae: And Other Selected Poems (1995) 3 copies

The black rainbow : essays on the present breakdown of culture (1975) 3 copies

Icons of Time: An Experiment in Autobiography (1991) 2 copies

The Polemics of imagination : selected essays on art, culture and society (1996) 2 copies

Stories for Today: Ginger and Sharon (A story for today) (1972) 1 copy

Stories for Today: Diane's Sister (A story for today) (1972) 1 copy

English Broadsheets: 2nd Series (1970) 1 copy

Stories for Today: Frank's Fire (A story for today) (1972) 1 copy

Songs of a new Taliesin (1979) 1 copy

Root And Blossom: The Philosophy, Practice And Politics Of English Teaching (1976) 1 copy

English as an Arts Discipline: A Response to the DES Paper 'English from 5-16' 1 copy

Stories for Today: Linda's Journey No. 4 (1972) 1 copy

Autobiography in education : an introduction to the subjective discipline of autobiography and of its central place in the education of teachers, with a selection of passages from… (1974) 1 copy

For Man and Islands : Poems (1978) 1 copy

Reclamations: Essays on Culture, Mass-culture and the Curriculum (1979) 1 copy

Associated Works

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments (1965) — Editor, some editions — 792 copies, 12 reviews

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Abbs, Peter Francis
Birthdate: 1942-02-22
Date of death: 2020-12-28
Gender: male
Education: University of Bristol
Occupations: Emeritus Professor of Creative Writing (University of Sussex)
poet
editor
Relationships: Abbs, Annabel (daughter)
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Cromer, Norfolk, UK
Associated Place (for map): Norfolk, UK

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Works: 26
Also by: 1
Members: 141
Popularity: #145,670
Rating: 4.0

ISBNs: 62
Languages: 1

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