Elegy / David Kennedy.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Series: The new critical idiomPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007. Description: xi, 160 p. ; 21 cmISBN: 9780415367769 (hardback); 041536776X (hardback); 9780415367776 (pbk.); 0415367778 (pbk.); 9780203019993 (ebook); 0203019997 (ebook)Subject(s): Elegiac poetry, English -- History and criticism | Literary form -- History | Mourning customs in literature | Grief in literature | Funeral rites and ceremonies in literature | Death in literatureDDC classification: 821.0409 LOC classification: PR509.E4 | K46 2007Other classification: 17.86 Online resources: Table of contents only | WorldCat details | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Text
|
Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section | Non-fiction | 821.0409 KEE 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C-1 | Not For Loan | 24089 | ||
|
Text
|
Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section | Non-fiction | 821.0409 KEE 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C-2 | Available | 24090 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [150]-155) and index.
TOC Form without frontiers --
What was elegy? --
The work of mourning --
"The needs of ghosts" : modern elegy --
Female elegists and feminist readers --
After mourning : virtual bodies, aporias, and the work of dread --
Elegy diffused, elegy revived.
Summary:
Providing an overview of the history of the term and the different ways in which it is used, this book outlines the origins of elegy, and the characteristics of the genre. It examines the psychology and cultural background underlying works of mourning. It explores how the modern elegy has evolved, and how it differs from 'canonical elegy'.
English
Sagar Shahanawaz
There are no comments on this title.