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COMPANIONSHIP IN GRIEF
LOVE AND LOSS IN THE MEMOIRS OF C. S. LEWIS, JOHN BAYLEY, DONALD HALL, JOAN DIDION, AND CALVIN TRILLIN |
| By: |
Jeffrey Berman |
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Paperback |
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£25.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1558498044 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781558498044 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 September, 2010 |
| Pages: |
288 |
| Description: |
Focuses on what is a life-changing event for many people--the death of a spouse. Using some of the most acclaimed memoirs of the past fifty years (CS Lewis, John Bayley, Donald Hall, Joan Didion and Calvin Trillin) Berman explores the nature of spousal ber |
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In Companionship in Grief, Jeffrey Berman focuses on the most life-changing event for many people--the death of a spouse. Some of the most acclaimed memoirs of the past fifty years offer insights into this profound loss: C. S. Lewis's A Grief Observed; John Bayley's three memoirs about Iris Murdoch, including Elegy for Iris; Donald Hall's The Best Day the Worst Day; Joan Didion's best-selling The Year of Magical Thinking; and Calvin Trillin's About Alice. These books explore the nature of spousal bereavement, the importance of caregiving, the role of writing in recovery, and the possibility of falling in love again after a devastating loss. Throughout his study, Berman traces the theme of love and loss in all five memoirists' fictional and nonfictional writings as well as in those of their spouses, who were also accomplished writers. Combining literary studies, grief and bereavement theory, attachment theory, composition studies, and trauma theory, Companionship in Grief will appeal to anyone who has experienced love and loss.Berman's research casts light on five remarkable marriages, showing how autobiographical stories of love and loss can memorialize deceased spouses and offer wisdom and comfort to readers. |
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US |
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University of Massachusetts Press |
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Returnable |
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