P. K. Page | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 27 pages of analysis & critique of P. K. Page.

P. K. Page | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 27 pages of analysis & critique of P. K. Page.
This section contains 7,790 words
(approx. 26 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Critical Essay by Kay Stockholder, Shirley Neuman, and D. M. R. Bentley

SOURCE: "Literary Theory in the Classroom: Three Views of P. K. Page's 'The Permanent Tourists'," in Canadian Poetry: Studies, Documents, Reviews, No. 19, Fall/Winter, 1986, pp. 57–75.

The following excerpt contains essays by three writers of differing schools of criticism—Freudian Kay Stockholder, poststructuralist/feminist Shirley Neuman, and historical/practical scholar D. M. R. Bentley. Below, each author outlines his/her approach to teaching Page's "The Permanent Tourists" to undergraduate university students.

Kay Stockholder

This is a session on teaching poetry, specifically on teaching "The Permanent Tourists." But I find it difficult to separate my thoughts on how I teach a poem from my reading of it, though I modify the depth at which I present my reading, according to the level of my students. In general, however, to further my own and my student's sympathie apprehension, I begin what is finally a psychoanalytic approach to poetry by trying to...

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