Political Literature
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This section brings together resources from the across the Great Writers Inspire site to illustrate how these can be used as a starting point for exploration of or classroom discussion about the political aspects of literature.
The 'Approaching Political Literature' essay introduces a series of topics and questions and gives examples of resources to explore. It is aimed at teachers, students and anyone who is interested in literature who wants to put text into context and be inspired by Great Writers.
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| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Approaching Political Literature | This essay offers suggestions for how material on the Great Writers Inspire site can be used as a… | Kate O'Connor |
| 2 | The Art of Mourning in First World War Poetry | Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' Wilfred Owen's presentation of mourning is far more… | Charlotte Barrett |
| 3 | Derek Walcott | By Jorge Mejía Peralta (Flickr: IMG_1050poesia) [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons Derek Walcott… | Dominic Davies |
| 4 | The Importance of Being Wilde | "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all" Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)… | Kate O'Connor |
| 5 | Jonathan Swift and 'A Tale of a Tub' | This essay is the first of two distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by Dr.… | Abigail Williams, Kate O'Connor |
| 6 | Who Killed Christopher Marlowe (and Why)? | Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) is best-known as being the playwright who created Dr. Faustus, as… | Kate O'Connor |