The Consolation of Otherness The Male Love Elegy in Milton, Gray and Tennyson
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Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
23.05.2002
Verlag
McFarlandSeitenzahl
186
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1 cm
Gewicht
279 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-0-7864-1239-6
The social and religious constraints of their time may have prevented John Milton, Thomas Gray, and Alfred Tennyson from conscious expression or even unconscious recognition of the true extent of their love and devotion to their young male friends, but it lies at the heart of their emotional lives and poetry. Connected by the extraordinary coincidence that each of their loved ones died young, Milton, Gray, and Tennyson are also connected by the male-love elegies that sprang from their grief. This work examines the relationships between John Milton and Charles Diodati, Thomas Gray and Richard West, and Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Hallam through a critical study of Milton's ""Epitaphium Damonis,"" Gray's ""Elegy,"" and Tennyson's ""In Memoriam."" It shows how their concepts of otherness and difference from the people around them provided comfort after the loss of their loved ones. It discusses Milton's use of Latin to mourn his friend and screen the most resounding expressions of his love while keeping at bay those not ready to understand his concept of otherness, how Gray used both Latin and the vernacular to express his grief while conforming to social and religious constraints by also addressing larger concerns; and Tennyson's ability to use the vernacular with complete security to speak out and yet hold back private thoughts about the person he loved more than almost any other in his life.
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