We are what we mourn : the contemporary English-Canadian elegy /

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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?

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Uppal, Priscila
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montréal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009
Subjects:
1900-2099
Canadian poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian poetry > 21st century > History and criticism.
Elegiac poetry > History and criticism.
Mourning customs in literature.
Grief in literature.
Death in literature.
Elegiac poetry, Canadian (English) > History and criticism.
Canadian poetry (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian poetry (English) > 21st century > History and criticism.
Poésie élégiaque canadienne-anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Poésie canadienne-anglaise > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Poésie canadienne-anglaise > 21e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Deuil > Coutumes, dans la littérature.
Chagrin dans la littérature.
Mort dans la littérature.
Poésie élégiaque > Histoire et critique.
POETRY > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
Canadian poetry.
Elegiac poetry.
Elegie
Trauer > Motiv
Kanada
Englisch.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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