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Rumpus Book ClubWomen and Elegy
“In earlier times, when a woman’s response to the death of a beloved may have been limited to suicide, euphemism or enforced silence, these shaped works of art would not have existed.”
Focusing on recent poetry by Susan Howe, Gertrude Schnackenberg, Anne Carson and C.D. Wright, this piece reflects on women elegists. The forms of their laments are explored, along with the context of the historical relationship between women and mourning, and today’s outlook on death.
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