Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' : a reading guide /
Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. This guide takes readers through Tennyson's elegy, providing:. The full text of the poem Information about its cultural, historical and literary contexts Four different reading strategies for appr...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2012.
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| Series: | Reading guides to long poems.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g09wbb |
| Summary: | Introduces Tennyson's famous elegy to first-time readers, students and teachers of the poem. This guide takes readers through Tennyson's elegy, providing:. 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 module outlines for teachers and lecturers 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 204 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780748649129 0748649123 9780748649143 074864914X 9780748641352 0748641343 9780748641345 0748641351 9780748649136 |