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analyzing literary portrayals of bereavement
attachment and loss theory
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autobiographical approaches to mourning
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bereavement psychology
caregiving in times of loss
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companionship and emotional support
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coping strategies for surviving spouses
coping with death of a partner
cultural interpretations of widowhood
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emotional continuity after loss
emotional healing through writing
emotional literacy through literature
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ethical reflections on caregiving
existential reflections on partnership
grief-informed writing practices
grieving and recovery
healing after profound loss
human responses to partner loss
interdisciplinary grief studies
intersection of trauma and literature
intimate studies of marriage
Language_English
life after spousal death
literary documentation of grief
literary examinations of mourning
literary exploration of intimate loss
literary grief narratives
literary reflections on love and death
loss and romantic memory
love and loss in creative works
memoirist perspectives on partnership
memoirs of profound loss
memorialization in literature
narrative constructions of attachment
narrative therapy insights
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personal transformation through grief
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processing sudden bereavement
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psychological dimensions of memoir writing
psychological processing of spousal death
reading as comfort in mourning
reflections on enduring love
relational dynamics in mourning
restorative potential of autobiographical writing
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spousal bereavement studies
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transformative effects of grief
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Product details
- ISBN 9781558498044
- Weight: 420g
- Dimensions: 154 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 07 Sep 2010
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
Jeffrey Berman is professor of English at the University of Albany. His books include Risky Writing: Self-Disclosure and Self-Transformation in the Classroom, Surviving Literary Suicide, and Diaries to an English Professor: Pain and Growth in the Classroom, all published by the University of Massachusetts Press.
