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English Funerary Elegy in the Seventeenth Century

Laws in Mourning

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  • © 2006

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Authors:
  1. Andrea Brady

    1. Brunel University, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Early Modern Literature in History (EMLH)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 1-9

  3. The Ritual of Elegiac Rhetoric

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 10-31

  4. The Rhetoric of Grief

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 32-61

  5. The Funerary Elegy in Its Ritual Context

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 62-89

  6. Spectacular Executions of the 1640s

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 90-130

  7. Contesting Wills in Critical Elegy

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 131-173

  8. Grief Without Measure

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 174-206

  9. Conclusion

    • Andrea Brady
    Pages 207-213

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 214-265
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This book analyzes the political, aesthetic, moral and religious developments in the period 1606-1660 and discusses the works of Donne, Jonson, Milton and early modern women's writing. Brady combines Literary Theory, social and cultural History, Psychology and Anthropology to produce exciting and original readings of neglected source material.

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'This is a scholarly examination of an important area of cultural history.' - The Use of English

Authors and Affiliations

  • Brunel University, London, UK

    Andrea Brady

About the author

ANDREA BRADY teaches English Literature at Brunel University, London, UK. She is also a poet, has published widely on contemporary innovative poetry and runs the small press, Barque.

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