American elegy; the poetry of mourning from the Puritans to Whitman.9780816648931 American elegy elegy, in Greek and Roman poetry, a poem written in elegiac verse (i.e., couplets consisting of a hexameter line followed by a pentameter line). The form dates back to 7th cent. B.C. in Greece and poets such as Archilochus, Mimnermus, and Tytraeus. ; the poetry of mourning from the Puritans to Whitman. Cavitch, Max. U. of Minnesota Press 2007 352 pages $22.50 Paperback PS309 Cavirch (English, U. of Pennsylvania) takes the view that elegies
Elegies (エレジーズ are expressions of being left behind to conduct a purposeful and creative life in the shadow of insuperable death. In this unique take on the art form he examines how such groups as African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. turned the elegy into act of the genealogical ge·ne·al·o·gy n. pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies 1. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree. 2. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree. imagination and a form of self-identity, how soldiers explained themselves as already dead, and how Native Americans mourned for both themselves and their culture. He includes fascinating material on national mourning, the issues of custodianship cus·to·di·an n. 1. One that has charge of something; a caretaker: the custodian of a minor child's estate; the custodian of an absentee landlord's property. 2. and opposition, the place of the child, and the calls from the night that came from Whitman to take the elegy to its modern forms. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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