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Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'

A Reading Guide

Anna Barton author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:31st Mar '12

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Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam' cover

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 module outlines for teachers and lecturers

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 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.

ISBN: 9780748641352

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 461g

216 pages