"The Teares of Nature": Seventeenth-Century Parental Bereavement

The prose and poetry written prior to 1660 reveals the poignant struggles of parents attempting to come to terms with the loss of infants and young children. Various examples are discussed.

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Published inModern philology Vol. 91; no. 1; pp. 26 - 53
Main Author ANSELMENT, R. A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, IL University of Chicago Press 01.08.1993
University of Chicago, acting through its Press
Subjects
17th century
Children
Children & youth
Daughters
Death
Death & dying
Elegies
English speaking literatures
Epitaphs
French speaking and English speaking literatures
General points
Great Britain. Ireland
History and sciences of litterature
History of literature
Infants
Literary criticism
Mothers
Parents
Parents & parenting
Poetry
Sons
Century 17
England
Grief
Familiar letter
Correspondence
Epitaph
Consolation
Mourning
Diary
God
Jonson (B.)
Memoirs
Beaumont (J.)
Elegiac poetry
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Summary:The prose and poetry written prior to 1660 reveals the poignant struggles of parents attempting to come to terms with the loss of infants and young children. Various examples are discussed.
ISSN:0026-8232
1545-6951
DOI:10.1086/392132