Companionship in Grief - Love and Loss in the Memoirs of C. S. Lewis, John Bayley, Donald Hall, Joan Didion, and Calvin Trillin (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Massachusetts Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2010
First published:	August 2010
Authors:	Jeffrey Berman
Dimensions:	153 x 229 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-55849-804-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
LSN:	1-55849-804-4
Barcode:	9781558498044

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