We are what we mourn : the contemporary English-Canadian elegy /
Why are so many contemporary poets writing elegies? Given a century shaped by two world wars, vast population displacements, and shifting attitudes towards aging and death, is the elegy form adaptable to the changing needs of writers and audiences? In a sceptical age, where can consolation be found?
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montréal [Que.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2009
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The work of mourning as reconnection: The contemporary English-Canadian Elegy
- 1. The burned house: Parental elegies and the reconstruction of family after death
- 2. Method for calling up ghosts: Elegies for places and the creation of local, regional, and national identities
- 3. What we save saves us: Elegies for cultural losses and displacements
- Conclusion: We are what we mourn
- Coda: If we are what we mourn, what will we become?