Speaking grief in English literary culture : Shakespeare to Milton

Speaking grief in English literary culture : Shakespeare to Milton / edited by Margo Swiss & David A. Kent.

Other author/creator	Swiss, Margo, 1946-
Other author/creator	Kent, David A., 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, ©2002.
Description	viii, 365 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Views on grief. Milton, John, 1608-1674--Views on grief. English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700 --History and criticism. Grief in literature. Literature and society--Great Britain --History --16th century. Literature and society--Great Britain --History --17th century. Loss (Psychology) in literature. Death in literature.

Series	Medieval & Renaissance literary studies Medieval and Renaissance literary studies. ^A489236
Contents	Grief, authority and the resistance to consolation in Shakespeare / Fred B. Tromly -- Lyric grief in Donne and Jonson / Robert C. Evans -- Humourous grief / Marjory E. Lange -- Grief, theater and society in Thomas Heywood's A woman killed with kindness / Michael McClintock -- Action of grief in Herbert's "The church" / Louis L. Martz -- Transcendence of grief / John T. Shawcross -- Maternal elegies by Mary Carey, Lucy Hastings, Alice Thornton and Gertrude Thimelby / Donna J. Long -- Collins and the politics of mourning / W. Scott Howard -- Consolatory grief in the funeral sermons of Donne and Taylor / P.G. Stanwood -- Precious grief / Phillip McCaffrey -- Repairing androgony / Margo Swiss.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-355) and index.
LCCN	2002003515
ISBN	0820703303 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR428.G74 S64 2002	✔ Available	Place Hold