“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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Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies
2023
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openedition-oai:revues.org:eccs_6573 https://doi.org/10.4000/eccs.6573 urn:doi:10.4000/eccs.6573 en https://journals.openedition.org/eccs/6573 2023-07-26T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ffcc All rights reserved “The Shape of Your Absence” - Coming to Terms with Loss and Grief in Margaret Atwood’s Dearly Études canadiennes / Canadian Studies Association française des études canadiennes (AFEC) info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2429-4667 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0153-1700 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/eccs Montassine, Pauline Atwood (Margaret) poésie élégie mort absence Atwood (Margaret) poetry elegy death absence 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. Dans son dernier recueil de poèmes, Dearly, Margaret Atwood revisite les codes de l’élégie traditionnelle en offrant au lecteur une réflexion sur l’absence. Dédié à son défunt partenaire Graeme Gibson, ce recueil traverse les espaces entre vie et mort, emportant aussi bien la poète que le lecteur dans ses explorations et ses métamorphoses. Cet article propose une étude de la dimension élégiaque de Dearly, dans lequel Atwood déploie tous ses efforts pour garder la mort à distance. Nous analyserons comment la poète se démène et invoque l’être aimé en nommant la mort pour mieux la nier. |
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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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Montassine, Pauline |
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