American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman

American Elegy: The Poetry of Mourning from the Puritans to Whitman The most widely practiced and read form of verse in America, elegies are poems about being left behind, writes Max Cavitch. American Elegy is the history of a diverse peoples poetic experience of mourning and of mortalitys profound challenge to creative living. By telling this history in political, psychological, and aesthetic terms, Autor: Max Cavitch Wydawnictwo: University of Minnesota Press Rok wydania: 2007 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 336 Wymiary: 15.1 x 22.7 x 2.2 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9780816648931