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Thomas Hoccleve's Particular Appeal
- Pedagogy
- Duke University Press
- Volume 13, Issue 2, Spring 2013
- pp. 337-355
- Article
- Additional Information
This article describes a single class devoted to an experiment in practical criticism. The experiment encourages students to recognize their own capacity as close readers when interpreting an unfamiliar fifteenth-century poem by Thomas Hoccleve. It also encourages students to reflect critically on the practice of criticism, especially the way it determines the standard by which we judge poetry.