Extramural

Literature and Lifelong Learning

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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An impassioned defence of the enduring importance of lifelong learning, and the value of literary education for those expanding their horizons in adult life.More than a personal account of a career in education, but an argument for an idea, Extramural is an argument for the lifelong pursuit of knowledge and the invaluable part Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education has played in helping people pursue this. Barlow explains how the study of literature - as thoughts expressed in language - is central to education, and utilises his own vast knowledge of literature from Tom Paine and John Ruskin to Alan Bennett and E. M. Forster, to illustrate the depth that the study of literature can bring to continuing one's own development. A stimulating and engaging exploration of the world of adult literary education, Barlow offers the reader the chance to gain an insight into a world that depends on the support of those participating.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-02-23
Mått155 x 233 x 11 mm
Vikt326 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieLutterworth Press
Antal sidor204
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9780718892791

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Adrian Barlow was formerly Director of Public & Professional Programmes and University Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education. Recently retired, he is now Chairman of the English Association and a Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge. He is series editor of Cambridge Contexts in Literature and his publications include The Great War in British Literature (CUP, 2000) and World and Time: Teaching Literature in Context (2009).

IntroductionPart 11.1 By extension: a Cambridge perspective1.2 On course: lifelong learning and literaturePart 22.1 Tom Paine's plain words2.2 Trollope and religious controversy2.3 The word is said: re-reading John Drinkwater2.4 Literature now2.5 Alan Bennett and The Habit of Art2.6 'Mistaking Magdalen for the Menin Gate': Edmund Blunden's Halfway House2.7 From stage to page: the Marlowe Dramatic Society and Cambridge English2.8 Punting from the Cambridge end: The Great LoverPart 33.1 About Madingley3.2 On lit. crit. and teaching literature3.3 Concerning E.M. Forster3.4 On writers, mostly novelistsAcknowledgementsIndex

What impressed me most about these chapters is how accessible Adrian [Barlow] makes the discussion of literature particularly for those of us whose field is not literature. ... I found the book to be a very personal discussion about subjects and authors of great meaning to the author and they then became of great interest to me as a reader. ... As I did to my colleagues at UPCEA, I strongly recommend Extramural to those who advocate for lifelong learning. My only regret having read the book is that I've never attended any of Adrian's day or evening extramural lectures and walk with him as described the chalk-pit near Adrian's much loved Madingley Hall.