"Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality. Although her focus is primarily on nineteenth- and twentiet…
"Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality. Although her focus is primarily on nineteenth- and twentiet…
"Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality. Although her focus is primarily on nineteenth- and twentiet…
"Using as her starting point the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, Melissa F. Zeiger examines modern transformations of poetic elegy, particularly as they reflect historical changes in the politics of gender and sexuality. Although her focus is primarily on nineteenth- and twentiet…
The Oxford Handbook of The Elegy examines the mourning and memorialization that lies at the very centre of literary culture. For all of its pervasiveness, however, the "elegy" remains remarkably ill-defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessim…
This handbook provides both a historical survey and a thematic engagement with the relevant issues of elegiac verse. It responds to a pressing need for clarification of the relevant issues and an explanation of the exciting developments currently under way in elegy studies.
This handbook provides both a historical survey and a thematic engagement with the relevant issues of elegiac verse. It responds to a pressing need for clarification of the relevant issues and an explanation of the exciting developments currently under way in elegy studies.
Examines the mourning and memorialization that lies at the very centre of literary culture. For all of its pervasiveness, however, the 'elegy' remains remarkably ill-defined: sometimes used as a catch-all to denominate texts of a somber or pessimistic tone, sometimes as a marker…
Mourning and memorialization are at the very centre of literary culture. They take on forms deeply resonant of the sundry traditions of poetic elegy even when those elegiac conventions are displaced, concealed, or plainly unintentional. For all of its pervasiveness, however, the…
Provides both a historical survey and thematic engagement with the themes of the elegy.
