Reanimating Grief: Waking the Dead in Literature, Theatre and Performance
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AlbakiReads Editorial Grief, memory, and the returning dead across the arts
Grief, memory, and the returning dead across the arts
William McEvoy studies how bereavement is staged, narrated, and sung through figures such as ghosts, remembered lives, and scenes of mourning. Moving across theatre, literature, and song, the book places Greek tragedy and Shakespeare in conversation with work by Chekhov, Beckett, Enda Walsh, Sally Rooney, and Maggie O’Farrell. Critical discussion sits alongside creative writing as McEvoy considers grief as a singular, subjective experience. His central argument treats the reappearance of the dead in fiction and performance as an act of remembrance and love, linking mourning to art’s capacity to engage with enchantment and impossibility.
Good fit for readers who enjoy
- Readers interested in theatre and literary criticism focused on mourning and bereavement
- Students and scholars exploring ghosts, memory, and memorial practices in cultural works
- Those seeking cross-period discussion from Greek tragedy and Shakespeare to contemporary writing
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Grief and bereavementGhosts and remembranceTheatre and performanceLiterature and songMemory, love, and memorialization
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Book Overview Reanimating grief is a wide-ranging study of the poetics of bereavement in theatre, literature and song. It examines the way cultural wor...
Reanimating grief is a wide-ranging study of the poetics of bereavement in theatre, literature and song. It examines the way cultural works reanimate the dead in the form of ghosts, memories or scenes of mourning, and uses critical and creative writing to express grief's subjectivity and uniqueness. It covers classic texts from Greek tragedy and Shakespeare to works by Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, Enda Walsh, Sally Rooney and Maggie O'Farrell. The book argues that the return of the dead in theatre and fiction is an act of memorial and an expression of love that illustrates the relationship between art, enchantment and impossibility.
Book Details Format: Hardcover | Pages: 208 | Language: English | Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIV PR | ISBN: 1526176696
FormatHardcover
Pages208
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1526176696
EAN9781526176691
PublisherMANCHESTER UNIV PR
Publication Date2024-07-30
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeHARD COVER BOOKS
Weight0.86 Pounds
Length8.5 Inches
Width5.5 Inches
Height0.5 Inches
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