“The Shape of Your Absence” - Coming to Terms with Loss and Grief in Margaret Atwood’s Dearly
In her latest poetry collection, Margaret Atwood revisits the codes of the elegy. It is dedicated to Graeme Gibson, her late husband and provides the reader with a general reflection on absence. The poet explores the limits between life and death and includes both the reader and herself in her metam...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2023
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | In her latest poetry collection, Margaret Atwood revisits the codes of the elegy. It is dedicated to Graeme Gibson, her late husband and provides the reader with a general reflection on absence. The poet explores the limits between life and death and includes both the reader and herself in her metamorphosis of the genre. This article proposes an analysis of the elegiac dimension of Dearly: in the collection, Atwood seems to fight death to keep her loved one as close as possible. Indeed, the poet’s reworking of the genre allows her to reframe her narrative and reshape absence. |
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