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Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy

Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy

Penned By Karen E. Smythe
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Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy

Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy

Penned By Karen E. Smythe
4.85 32,340 Ratings
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The title, Figuring Grief, refers to the narrative process whereby mourning is depicted. In her textual analysis, Smythe explores various connections between representation and consolation. Drawing on genre and narratological theory, she outlines the development of the "fiction-elegy" as a sub-genre and suggests that the modernist writings of Woolf and Joyce are paradigmatic examples of the form. She then uses these paradigms as suggestive "reading models" for the interpretation of works by Gallant, Munro, and other contemporary fiction-elegists. Figuring Grief offers new readings of specific works and suggests that new ways of reading are both demanded and rewarded by a poetics of elegy.

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Released November 9, 1992
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Karen E. Smythe is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Karen E. Smythe enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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