Alfred Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'
A Reading Guide
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:5th Mar '12
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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
...the study remains a thoughtful and interesting account, packed with essential background information, and lightly invoking, where necessary, Marxist, feminist or homosocial theory. In fact, given the prescriptive, 'beginner's' nature of the book, it is a credit to Barton to have turned it into a pleasant refresher's course even for the most well-read of Tennysonians. In other words, both students and teachers will find much here to enjoy. -- Angela Leighton, Trinity College, Cambridge * Tennyson Research Bulletin, Vol 10, No 1 *
...the study remains a thoughtful and interesting account, packed with essential background information, and lightly invoking, where necessary, Marxist, feminist or homosocial theory. In fact, given the prescriptive, 'beginner's' nature of the book, it is a credit to Barton to have turned it into a pleasant refresher's course even for the most well-read of Tennysonians. In other words, both students and teachers will find much here to enjoy. * Tennyson Research Bulletin, Vol 10, No 1 *
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. -- Professor Herbert Tucker, University of Virginia
ISBN: 9780748641352
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 461g
216 pages