English Literature A-Level
Aesthetic Distance
What Aesthetic Distance means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Aesthetic Distance
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The separation the speaker creates between himself and the pain of the parting, distancing himself from genuine emotional pain by aestheticising grief.
Topics that use Aesthetic Distance
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Modernist Period – The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt (Quercus, 2014) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Alienation
- Alienation and isolation
- Apathy and Indifference
- Art versus Reality
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- Class and poverty
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