1.0Literary Culture, Meritocracy and the Assessment of Intelligence in Britain and America, 1880-1920https://research.kent.ac.uk/literarycultureLiterary Culture, Meritocracy and the Assessment of Intelligence in Britain and America, 1880-1920https://research.kent.ac.uk/literaryculturerich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="0BMlJmBmnk"><a href="https://research.kent.ac.uk/literaryculture/events/">Events</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://research.kent.ac.uk/literaryculture/events/embed/#?secret=0BMlJmBmnk" width="600" height="338" title="“Events” — Literary Culture, Meritocracy and the Assessment of Intelligence in Britain and America, 1880-1920" data-secret="0BMlJmBmnk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://research.kent.ac.uk/literaryculture/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Reading Intelligence: Novelists on Education and Mental Ability A Public Event from the University of Kent and King’s College London at The Beaney, Sunday 22nd September How do you rate your own intelligence? Chances are, the question makes you reflect on your experiences at school and perhaps especially on your exam results, even if you […]