Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry
Continuum Literary Studies

Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry

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Defying critical suggestions that the pastoral elegy is obsolete, Iain Twiddy reveals the popularity of the form in the work of major contemporary poets Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley, Douglas Dunn and Peter Reading.



As Twiddy outlines the development of the form, he identifies its characteristics and functions. But more importantly his study accounts for the enduring appeal of the pastoral elegy, why poets look to its conventions during times of personal distress and social disharmony, and how it allows them to recover from grief, loss and destruction.



Informed by current debates and contemporary theories of mourning, Twiddy discusses themes of war and peace, social pastoral and environmental change, draws on the enduring influence of both Classical and Romantic poetics and explores poets' changing relationships with pastoral elegy throughout their careers. The result is a study that demonstrates why the pastoral elegy is still a flourishing and dynamic form in contemporary British and Irish poetry.

GÊNERO
Ficção e literatura
LANÇADO
2012
15 de março
IDIOMA
EN
Inglês
PÁGINAS
304
EDITORA
Continuum
VENDEDOR
Bookwire Gesellschaft zum Vertrieb digitaler Medien mbH
TAMANHO
1,4
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