The Literature WorkbookThe Literature Workbook is a practical introductory textbook for literary studies, which can be used either for independent study or as part of a taught class. Laying the ground for further study, The Literature Workbook introduces the beginning student to the essential analytic and interpretative skills that are needed for literary appreciation and evaluation. It also equips the teacher with practical tools and materials for use in seminars or when setting written assessments and projects. Arranged according to genre and chronology, the chapters acquaint the reader with a range of key figures in English literaure and encourage the reader to think about them in their historical and cultural contexts. Adopting a user-friendly case-study approach, each chapter contains * exercises and activities * discussion hints * project work * suggestions for further reading The Workbook also includes: * a glossary * a subject and name index. |
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... Lady Mary Wroth's Pamphilia to Amphilanthus , which includes a sonnet - sequence in which each new sonnet begins by repeating the last line of the previous sonnet and the last sonnet ends with the first sonnet's first line . crown ...
... Lady Mary Wroth's Pamphilia to Amphilanthus , which includes a sonnet - sequence in which each new sonnet begins by repeating the last line of the previous sonnet and the last sonnet ends with the first sonnet's first line . crown ...
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... lady , whom Wyatt blames for his exhaustion , then comes the surprise : it is not Anne but Henry VIII who is responsible for Wyatt's present state . Wyatt might well be tired of pursuing somebody who belongs to the English monarch . By ...
... lady , whom Wyatt blames for his exhaustion , then comes the surprise : it is not Anne but Henry VIII who is responsible for Wyatt's present state . Wyatt might well be tired of pursuing somebody who belongs to the English monarch . By ...
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... lady . Each sonnet has fourteen lines and is divided into two stanzas : an octave ( consisting of eight lines ) and a sestet ( consisting of six lines ) . The octave is further subdivided into two four - line quatrains and the ses- tet ...
... lady . Each sonnet has fourteen lines and is divided into two stanzas : an octave ( consisting of eight lines ) and a sestet ( consisting of six lines ) . The octave is further subdivided into two four - line quatrains and the ses- tet ...
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... lady , he cannot get away from her because his love has made him a prisoner , which is another fundamental ingredient of Petrarchism . The chain also symbolizes fidelity : the lover depicted here is claiming that he is faithful to his lady ...
... lady , he cannot get away from her because his love has made him a prisoner , which is another fundamental ingredient of Petrarchism . The chain also symbolizes fidelity : the lover depicted here is claiming that he is faithful to his lady ...
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... Lady Mary Wroth who wrote the sonnet- sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus ( 1621 ) , the topic could be turned into a reminder of the pleasure to be had in intellectual occupation and a beautiful eulogy of the life of the mind . Lady ...
... Lady Mary Wroth who wrote the sonnet- sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus ( 1621 ) , the topic could be turned into a reminder of the pleasure to be had in intellectual occupation and a beautiful eulogy of the life of the mind . Lady ...
Contents
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From the Elizabethan sonnet to the present | 23 |
Miltons When I Consider | 30 |
Shelleys Sonnet to England in 1819 | 36 |
same but different | 45 |
Activity and project work | 51 |
DEATH ON STAGE | 54 |
The artist as dreamer | 87 |
Characterization through dialogue | 93 |
Dialogue and wit | 99 |
Hard Times | 105 |
The two meanings of fancy | 111 |
LAUGHTER IN PATRIARCHY | 116 |
Colonial and patriarchal implications | 122 |
Lies of Silence | 129 |
Women welcoming death in The White Devil | 61 |
SHERIDANS SCHOOL FOR MARRIAGE | 68 |
Comedy and the confusion of identity | 74 |
DEGENERATE APEMEN OR HEROIC | 80 |
Activity and project work | 136 |
Index | 145 |
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