English Literature A-Level
Psychological Despair
What Psychological Despair means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Psychological Despair
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The profound personal despair of the individual is contrasted with the institutional condemnation of the act, and conveyed through fragmented structure and bleak imagery.
Topics that use Psychological Despair
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Movement – The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, editor Philip Larkin with foreword by Andrew Motion (OUP, 1973) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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