English Literature GCSE
Encounter with the sublime and mysterious
What Encounter with the sublime and mysterious means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Encounter with the sublime and mysterious
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The speaker's imaginative journey to the seashore brings her into contact with a personified ocean and its creatures, which seem fascinated by her.
Topics that use Encounter with the sublime and mysterious
- Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 - Poetry Anthology: Time and Place (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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