Poetry of Mourning : The Modern Elegy from Hardy to Heaney

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Summary: An important book both for therapists and critics.
Review: This is a brilliant and insightful discussion of the elegy from Hardy on down to the present, written on the boundary between psychology and literary criticism. Marred only occasionally by some academic ostentation, it is a wonderful look at what our wisest poets have to say about grief and mourning, and it also shows how real people in the world read -- and use -- poetry.