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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: The Dramatic Monologue Re-Imagined

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About the lecture

In this module, we think about 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' as a dramatic monologue, focusing on the literary antecedents of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning, as well the philosophy of F. H. Bradley.

About the lecturer

Seamus' interests are principally in the field of English Romantic poetry and thought, especially Coleridge and Wordsworth, and in post-Romantic English poetry, especially Tennyson, Eliot, Auden, Larkin, and their circles. He also has an interest in the modern history of criticism, reflected in articles on A.C. Bradley, William Empson, F.W. Bateson, and M.H. Abrams. He is co-editor, with Christopher Ricks, of the journal Essays in Criticism: A Quarterly Journal of Literary Criticism (OUP), and the general editor of the new series, 21st-Century Oxford Authors (OUP). He often reviews for the Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books, and the Literary Review. He is also Fellow Librarian of Balliol.

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Perry, S. (2018, August 15). Poetry - The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: The Dramatic Monologue Re-Imagined [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://massolit.io/options/poetry-78362077-1497-44f0-b8ab-202610e721da?auth=0&lesson=1503&option=13395&type=lesson

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Perry, S. "Poetry – The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: The Dramatic Monologue Re-Imagined." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 15 Aug 2018, https://massolit.io/options/poetry-78362077-1497-44f0-b8ab-202610e721da?auth=0&lesson=1503&option=13395&type=lesson