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1. Unweaving the Rainbow: poetry teaching in the secondary school I.

Author

Benton, Peter

Subjects
*POETRY (Literary form), *EDUCATION, *EDUCATIONAL leadership, *SECONDARY education
Abstract

The Poetry Research Project 1998 continues work begun in 1982 which analysed the practice of secondary school teachers when teaching poetry and their attitudes towards it. Then some 170 teachers in a single Local Education Authority (LEA) completed a lengthy questionnaire and a number were interviewed. The information gained by this means highlighted both good practice and a number of problem areas which teachers encountered. Sixteen years after that first survey, and following considerable change in the teaching of English and of poetry as a result of such initiatives as the National Curriculum, the survey was repeated with a group of over one hundred teachers from the same LEA. This, the first of two papers, reports mainly on teachers' attitudes to poetry, particularly the reading, writing and discussion of poetry and upon their concerns. The second paper, to be published in the Oxford Review of Education, March 2000, considers the effects of the National Curriculum, of SATs and of changes in examinations at 16+. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
1999
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2. Transition, transformation and the art of losing: Some uses of poetry in hospice care for the terminally ill.

Author

McLoughlin, Dominic

Subjects
*POETRY (Literary form), *HOSPICE care, *HOSPITAL patients
Abstract

What lessons for psychotherapy can be drawn from the enjoyment and sustenance we find in the use of literature? This paper looks back on a recent creative writing project undertaken with patients in a hospice day centre, and suggested reasons why the patients found this activity not only enjoyable but also therapeutic. Both the hospice as an institution and the poetic form are defined in terms of a transitional space. The article shows how the act of reading and writing poetry places a value for patients on not knowing at a time when the plain hard facts of terminal illness loom large. The author describes a practical way of engaging with poetry in this context, and uses clinical material to describe how the literary arts can provide a transformational object, and a point of inspiration, that may help patients to negotiate the changes brought about by their illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2000
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3. 'I lov'de thee best': London as Male Beloved in Isabella Whitney's 'The Manner of her Wyll'.

Author

Gleed, Paul

Subjects
*POETRY (Literary form), *LITERARY criticism, *LONDON (England) in literature, *IRONY in literature, *MASCULINITY in literature
Abstract

This paper reflects on the role of London as male Beloved in Whitney's 'Last Wyll and Testament'. Such a characterization of the city, the paper argues, has two consequences. First, it complicates and provides an important challenge to the ubiquitous personification of London as female in early modern England. Second, this dynamic between female speaker and male Beloved encourages a reconsideration of Whitney's agency in the poem - often celebrated as forceful - as more consciously ironic (although, ultimately, all the more compelling and effective because of it). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] </p></dd> <dt class="blacklight-eds_authors col-md-3">Published</dt> <dd class="col-md-9 blacklight-eds_authors">2012</dd> <dt class="blacklight-eds_authors col-md-3"><span class="tags-custom">Full Text</span></dt> <dd class="col-md-9 blacklight-eds_authors"><a class="pdf-blue-icon" target="_blank" href="https://doi.org/10.1179/174963212X13296107765873">View/download PDF</a></dd> </dl> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="modal fade" id="loginModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog"> <button type="button" id="loginclose" class="close" data-dismiss="modal" aria-label="Close"> <span aria-hidden="true">×</span> </button> <div class="modal-dialog" role="document"> <h5>Discovery Service for Jio Institute Digital Library</h5> <br /> <p>For full access to our library's resources, please sign in.</p> </div> <div class="login-modal-button-wrapper"> <button class="login-modal-sign-in"> <a rel="nofollow" data-method="post" href="/users/auth/saml">Sign In</a> </button> </div> </div> </section> </div> </main> <footer class="navbar navbar-inverse site-footer" style="position: static;"> <div class="container footer-container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-3 py-4 align-self-center site-footer-links-column"> <div class="footer-logo center-block"> <a href="https://library.jioinstitute.edu.in"> <img class="logo-img" src="/assets/Jio-DLLogo-b5a8a0808ea64b7ff5d156e304a4a034eee76224caf66c04cead90a411971fad.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-8 py-3 pb-5 pb-md-3 site-footer-links-column align-self-center"> <div class="row text-center footer-links-row"> <div class="col-4 col-sm-2"> <div class="navlink"><a href="https://library.jioinstitute.edu.in/contact">Contact</a></div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-sm-3"> <div class="navlink"><a href="https://library.jioinstitute.edu.in/access/covid-19-advisory">Covid-19 Advisory</a></div> </div> <div class="col-4 col-sm-2"> <div class="navlink"><a href="https://library.jioinstitute.edu.in/access/policies">Policies</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row text-center secondary-footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-2 px-0"> <div class="footer-logo"> <a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/"> <img class="logo-img" src="/assets/JioLogoWhite-3a250c43ad67a5117225db9885c1ac0b116f92a0df0839e850e68dfbbce66ae7.png" /> </a> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col-4 py-1 py-md-3"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/about">About Us</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col-4 py-1 py-md-3"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/academics">Academics</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col-4 py-1 py-md-3"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/research-overview">Research</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col-4 py-1 py-md-3 pl-0 pr-0"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/campus-life"> Campus Life</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col-4 py-1 py-md-3"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/contacts"> Contact</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-4 col-4 py-1 py-md-3"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink float-right"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/terms-conditions">T&C</a></div> </div> <div class="col-md-1 col py-1 py-md-3 pl-0"> <div class="navlink footer-navlink float-right"><a href="https://jioinstitute.edu.in/privacy-policy"> Privacy Policy</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --> <script async src=https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-R4B0KJQ5EY></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-R4B0KJQ5EY'); </script> </footer> <div id="blacklight-modal" class="modal fade" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="modal-dialog modal-lg" role="document"> <div class="modal-content"> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html>