The Prose Elegy : An Exploration of Modern American and British Fiction /

Traditional English poetic elegists offer both writers and readers hope. After lamenting an individual's death and confronting the mortality of all living things, these poets seek consolation from religion, philosophy, or culture for the inevitability of death. The modern prose elegy, however,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vickery, John B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Grief in literature.
English fiction.
American fiction.
Roman americain > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Chagrin dans la litterature.
Perte (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Traditional English poetic elegists offer both writers and readers hope. After lamenting an individual's death and confronting the mortality of all living things, these poets seek consolation from religion, philosophy, or culture for the inevitability of death. The modern prose elegy, however, follows a different path- one that determinedly questions all possible resolutions. In The Prose Elegy, John B. Vickery continues the work he began in The Modern Elegiac Temper, which examined the form in British and American poetry. He now considers the works of American and British fiction writers from.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (200 pages).
ISBN:9780807135051

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