Heart beats : everyday life and the memorized poem

Heart beats : everyday life and the memorized poem /

Many people in Great Britain and the United States can recall elderly relatives who remembered long stretches of verse learned at school decades earlier, yet most of us were never required to recite in class. Heart Beats is the first book to examine how poetry recitation came to assume a central pla...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robson, Catherine, 1962-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
Hemans, > Mrs., > 1793-1835. > Casabianca.
Gray, Thomas, > 1716-1771. > Elegy written in a country churchyard.
Wolfe, Charles, > 1791-1823. > Burial of Sir John Moore.
Elegy written in a country churchyard (Gray, Thomas)
Poetry > Social aspects.
Recitation (Education)
Poetry > Study and teaching.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
Poetry > Social aspects
Poetry > Study and teaching
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: THE MEMORIZED POEM IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN PUBLIC EDUCATION; PART II: CASE STUDIES; Felicia Hemans, "Casabianca"; Thomas Gray, "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"; Charles Wolfe, "The Burial of Sir John Moore after Corunna"; Afterword; Appendixes; Notes; Works Cited; Index.

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