The Literature of Loss: Elegy Writing as a Therapeutic Strategy for Coping with Grief

Autor/in	Harris, Judith
Titel	The Literature of Loss: Elegy Writing as a Therapeutic Strategy for Coping with Grief
Quelle	In: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 49 (2021) 6, S.853-865 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0306-9885
DOI	10.1080/03069885.2021.1983771
Schlagwörter	Grief; Death; Coping; Writing (Composition); Memory; Adults; Writing Workshops; Poetry; Psychological Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Trauer; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Bewältigung; Schreibübung; Gedächtnis; Lyrik; Poesie
Abstract	Grief scholars have concurred that continuing bonds with the deceased represent normal adaptive behaviour in the face of loss, and numerous researchers have stressed the therapeutic benefits of writing through trauma; however, few have interrogated the potential therapeutic effects specific to elegy writing, which offers robust opportunities to express and transfigure grief through imagery and recollection. This research reveals the role of elegy writing in acknowledging and nurturing ongoing bonds with lost others. Drawing on critical debates surrounding the grief process, it examines case studies derived from adult writing workshops using poems by students working through loss to uncover ways elegy writing can assuage even difficult feelings like guilt and resentment, which often complicate the grieving process. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01