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- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Regents of the University of Colorado
- ISSN
- 0013-8282
- eISSN
- 2573-3575
- DOI
- 10.1215/00138282-46.1.61
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
T he R h e t o r i c o f G r i e f : H i r o s h i m a m o n a m o u r M a t t h e w B o y d G o l d i e rief's e m o tion al progress has a hidden gram m ar. Its syntax un fold s th ro u g h aching desire, nostalgia, sadness, physical pain, anger, odd joy, even dullness and banality. It is a b solutely singular, iso latin g a person fro m oth ers and the fam iliar. It also th ro w s a person outside him o r herself, casting one in to strange, even rad ically im p erson al, relationships. Much has been w ritte n on the causes and m echanism s of traum a , y e t th is essay addresses less-discussed te m p o ra l aspects o f rem e m be ring and m e m o rializin g the death o f an in tim ate and the deaths o f large gro up s o f fo
Journal
English Language Notes – Duke University Press
Published: Mar 1, 2008