Description
Henry Weinfield offers a new reading not only of the Elegy itself but also of its place in English literary history. His central argument is that in Gray’s Elegy the thematic constellation of poverty, anonymity, alienation, and unfulfilled potential—or what Weinfield calls the "problem of history"—is fully articulated for the first time, and that, as a result, the Elegy represents an important turning-point in the history of English poetry.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
264 pages
Language
English
Published
Apr 26, 1991
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809316528
ISBN-13
9780809316526