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Alfred Lord Tennyson´s ´In Memoriam´: A Reading Guide
Anna Barton
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Description for Alfred Lord Tennyson´s ´In Memoriam´: A Reading Guide
Paperback. Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. In Memoriam is one of the most famous and influential poems of the 19th century. Composed over nearly three decades and spanning over 100 sections, it is one of the longest elegies in the English language. It is at once a deeply personal description of grief and a wide-ranging discussion of its age. This guide provides: * The full text of the poem; * Information about its cultural, historical and literary contexts; * Four different reading strategies for approaching the text; * Suggested seminar activities, assessments and ... Read more
Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. In Memoriam is one of the most famous and influential poems of the 19th century. Composed over nearly three decades and spanning over 100 sections, it is one of the longest elegies in the English language. It is at once a deeply personal description of grief and a wide-ranging discussion of its age. This guide provides: * The full text of the poem; * Information about its cultural, historical and literary contexts; * Four different reading strategies for approaching the text; * Suggested seminar activities, assessments and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Reading Guides to Long Poems
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748641345
SKU
V9780748641345
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About Anna Barton
Anna Barton studied English at the Universities of Warwick and Glasgow and has taught at Keele University and the University of Sheffield, where she is currently a lecturer in nineteenth-century literature. Her first monograph, Tennyson's Name: Identity and Responsibility in the Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson was published by Ashgate in 2008.
Reviews for Alfred Lord Tennyson´s ´In Memoriam´: A Reading Guide
Sure-handed and generously conceived to address a contemporary student's difficulties with In Memoriam and turn them into opportunities. Users of this guide will especially thank Barton for the model essays she has crafted on four strikingly different threads that traverse the poem: language, touch, economics, and ritual cycle.
Professor Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia Sure-handed and generously conceived to ... Read more
Professor Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia Sure-handed and generously conceived to ... Read more