Elegy

Grief and mourning are generally considered to be private, yet universal instincts. But in a media age of televised funerals and visible bereavement, elegies are increasingly significant and open to public scrutiny. Providing an overview of the history of the term and the different ways in which it is used, David Kennedy: outlines the origins of elegy, and the characteristics of the genre; examines the psychology and cultural background underlying works of mourning; explores how the modern elegy has evolved, and how it differs from 'canonical elegy', also looking at female elegists and feminist readings; considers the elegy in the light of writing by theorists such as Jacques Derrida and Catherine Waldby; and, looks at the elegy in contemporary writing, and particularly at how it has emerged and been adapted as a response to terrorist attacks such as 9/11. Emphasising and explaining the significance of elegy today, this illuminating guide to an emotive literary genre will be of interest to students of literature, media and culture.

ISBN 0415367778   Pages 176 ISBN13 9780415367776 (What's this?)   Volumes 001 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 204 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title The New Critical Idiom Publication date 21 Aug 2007   Height (mm) 198 Library of Congress PR509   Width (mm) 129 DEWEY 821.0409   Academic level Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		Form without frontiers		1
2		What was elegy?		10
3		The work of mourning		35
4		'The needs of ghosts' : modern elegy		57
5		Female elegists and feminist readers		84
6		After mourning : virtual bodies, aporias and the work of dread		105
7		Elegy diffused, elegy revived		127

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