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Resch, Kenneth E. – 1986
Poetry of the romantic age is often uninviting to students, leaving them puzzled because they do not sense the connections between the poetry and themselves. Yet, much romantic poetry can be enjoyed and comprehended if approached in terms of some personal, reflective, and connective readings. Wordsworth and Whitman are often avoided because they…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Joyce, John J. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1974
Presents a method for interpreting "The Tyger" both literally and figuratively while leading into additional assignments on Blakean poetry. (RB)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Miller, Bruce E. – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1973
Presents a rationale and teaching techniques for Keats's To Autumn,'' emphasizing teacher preparation, student responses, and classroom presentation. (RB)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Lyric Poetry
Peer reviewedSimmons, Eileen A. – English Journal, 1994
Discusses the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley and how it might be used in secondary English classes as a means of investigating contemporary issues of technology and morality. Describes how one teacher asked students to identify a social issue from the novel and investigate it in today's news media. (HB)
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation
Robinson, Jeffrey C. – 1987
Using a college course on William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" as a case study, this book presents an alternative approach to teaching poetry. Divided into seven sections with 19 chapters, the book describes how students can develop and exercise an historical imagination in the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, English Instruction, Higher Education, History
