The Daughter’s Way
Canadian Women’s Paternal Elegies
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Canadian, Women Authors, Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Family Relationships, Death/Grief/Bereavement
| Author: | Tanis MacDonald | ISBN: | 9781554584024 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | September 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tanis MacDonald |
| ISBN: | 9781554584024 |
| Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Publication: | September 1, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
| Language: | English |
Introduction
Introduction: Who Could Not Sing: Elegy and its (Female) Discontents
Tanis MacDonald
A daughter’s duty to care for her dying father and properly mourn his death is a commonly assumed cultural and familial obligation. If, as W. David Shaw suggests, we “want elegies to fit our desires,” the desire that drives the female elegist is the desire to delineate, and perhaps dismantle, the fidelity demanded by the father’s death.
Introduction
Introduction: Who Could Not Sing: Elegy and its (Female) Discontents
Tanis MacDonald
A daughter’s duty to care for her dying father and properly mourn his death is a commonly assumed cultural and familial obligation. If, as W. David Shaw suggests, we “want elegies to fit our desires,” the desire that drives the female elegist is the desire to delineate, and perhaps dismantle, the fidelity demanded by the father’s death.
