Heart Beats : Everyday Life and the Memorized Poem /

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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:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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)
Recitation (Education)
Poetry > Study and teaching.
Poetry > Social aspects.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Semiotics & Theory.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Poesie > Étude et enseignement.
Recitation (Éducation)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 place in past curricular programs, and to investigate when and why the once-mandatory exercise declined. Telling the story of a lost pedagogical practice and its wide-ranging effects on two sides of the Atlantic, Catherine Robson explores how recitation altered the ordinary people who committed poems to heart, and changed the worlds in which they lived.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages).
ISBN:9781400845156

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