Poetry for Students Vol. 10

242 Poetry for Students Catharsis:The release or purging of unwanted emotions—specifically fear and pity—brought about by exposu ...

Volume 10 243 “schools,” sometimes producing conflicting, even contradictory, interpretations of literature in gen- eral as well ...

244 Poetry for Students written as the soliloquy of a shepherd. In later cen- turies, “eclogue” came to refer to any poem that w ...

Volume 10 245 guish. The two strains hold certain beliefs in com- mon: that existence cannot be fully understood or described th ...

246 Poetry for Students Tradition emphasized conventionality in social, re- ligious, moral, and literary standards. Georgian Age ...

Volume 10 247 Humors:Mentions of the humors refer to the an- cient Greek theory that a person’s health and per- sonality were de ...

248 Poetry for Students L Lais:See Lay Lake Poets:See Lake School Lake School:These poets all lived in the Lake Dis- trict of En ...

Volume 10 249 gle work of literature or occurs in a number of dif- ferent works over a period of time. Motiv:See Motif Muckraker ...

250 Poetry for Students ature. The New Critics saw little merit in histori- cal and biographical analysis. Rather, they aimed to ...

Volume 10 251 moral, ethical, and social themes exhibited in the works of French Romantics such as Victor Hugo. The aesthetic do ...

252 Poetry for Students diction of poetry. The term poetics may also refer to theories about literature in general, not just po- ...

Volume 10 253 may use a different name for each genre he or she publishes in. Some publishing companies maintain “house pseudony ...

254 Poetry for Students France. The most notable features of rococoare its extensive use of ornamentation and its themes of ligh ...

Volume 10 255 ered while the speaker is alone on stage, a solilo- quy is intended to present an illusion of unspoken reflection. ...

256 Poetry for Students contrary levels of conscious and unconscious, dream and reality, objectivity and subjectivity into a new ...

Volume 10 257 Transcendentalism:An American philosophical and religious movement, based in New England from around 1835 until th ...

Subject/Theme Index *Boldfacedenotes dicussion in Themes section. A Abandonment A Birthday:32, 34–35 Adulthood Out, Out—:211, 21 ...

268 Poetry for Students Europe Out, Out—:216–217 Evil Dulce et Decorum Est:110–111, 113, 118 F Farm and Rural Life Landscape wit ...

Myth The Phoenix: 227 Myths and Legends A Farewell to English: 127 The Negro Speaks of Rivers:196, 198, 200, 203 The Phoenix:225 ...

T Time How We Heard the Name: 170 Time and Change The Negro Speaks of Rivers:199, 201 U Uncertainty A Farewell to English:134–13 ...