English Literature A-Level
Agricultural labour and survival
What Agricultural labour and survival means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Agricultural labour and survival
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The dependence of survival on rural work, conveyed by objects that are literal, essential components of rural life.
Topics that use Agricultural labour and survival
- 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)
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