Elegy

In a media age of televised funerals and visible bereavement, elegies are increasingly significant and open to public scrutiny. David Kennedy provides an overview of the history of the term, outlining its characteristics, cultural background and theoretical reception in the twentieth-century.

Author: David Kennedy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 08/21/2007
Pages: 172
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.37d
ISBN: 9780415367776

About the Author

David Kennedy is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Hull. He is the editor of Necessary Steps: Poetry, Elegy, Walking, Spirit; and publishes widely on contemporary poetry.