English Literature A-Level
Transcendence
What Transcendence means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Transcendence
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The shift in the final line from critique to a call for escape, an irreverent proposal for a "good universe next door".
Topics that use Transcendence
- 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
- Aesthetic Distance
- Alienation
- Alienation and isolation
- Apathy and Indifference
- Art versus Reality
- Care and responsibility
- Child labour and lost innocence
- Childhood innocence
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