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    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader"
    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader"
    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader"
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    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader"

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    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateAug 19, 2016
    ISBN9781535821612
    A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader"

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      A Study Guide for James Tate's "Dear Reader" - Gale

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      Dear Reader

      James Tate

      1970

      Introduction

      As readers of James Tate’s poems, we are the subject of this one, aptly titled Dear Reader. Upon finishing it, we may not think there is much dear involved, but, to the contrary, Tate is skilled at underlining the seemingly offensive with a hint of loving concern and drawing on the absurd to make almost-sense. Dear Reader is a typical Tate poem in its surreal setting, placing both speaker and subject in a bizarre place performing bizarre actions, but the poet presents the scene as though it is natural and, therefore, not too obscure to understand. Often, when a poet or fiction writer indulges in unreal and unusual circumstances, readers are left out in the cold—becoming bystanders to actions that take place only in the writer’s mind. Dear Reader may leave us perplexed at first, but the poem’s intention manages to work its way into our own heads by the time it is over. We may be in the cold for a while, but we are not left

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