Berman Writing Widowhood

The Landscapes of Bereavement
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5821-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores how memoirs of widowhood can help us understand the reality of bereavement and the critical role of writing and reading in recovery.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berman, Jeffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturgeschichte und Literaturkritik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: “The Most Life-Changing Event”

1. Joyce Carol Oates: A Widow’s Story

2. Sandra M. Gilbert: Wrongful Death

3. Gail Godwin: Evenings At Five

4. Joan Didion: The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights

5. Kay Redfield Jamison: Nothing Was the Same

Conclusion: Mourning Sickness

Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jeffrey Berman is Distinguished Teaching Professor of English at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the author of many books, including Death in the Classroom: Writing about Love and Loss and Dying to Teach: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Learning, both also published by SUNY Press.