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SUMMARY:'Poetry and memory: investigating the value of the memorised poem'
  - Dr Debbie Pullinger\, Junior Research Fellow\, Wolfson College\, Univer
 sity of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:For centuries\, memorisation and recitation were vital modes t
 hrough which poems were experienced. Mixed reactions to their reinstatemen
 t on the UK school curriculum indicate how much has changed. But does memo
 risation have any value? The findings of the Poetry and Memory Project off
 er some fascinating answers to this question – as well as revealing whic
 h poems the UK has at its heart.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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