Word: elegiac
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...repertory strikes a range of notes-from the wholesome humor of The Show-Off and the slightly sour satire of Pantagleize through the elegiac tones of The Cherry Orchard and the mournful wail of Exit the King...
...characteristic tone of Updike's prose is elegiac. He is, by his attention to it, paying homage to the world, preserving it, transfiguring it, declaring it all worth saving. One can quote at random from his novel, for every page has gems of observation, rhythmic and charming passages of prose. Only the transcribed stream-of-consciousness of Piet is ever dull or banal...
...repertory strikes a range of notes-from the wholesome humor of Tlie Show Off and the slightly sour satire of Pantagleize through the elegiac tones of The Cherry Orchard and the mournful wail of Exit the King...
Wampus was followed by Eleazar, class of 1679. Disease killed Eleazar before graduation, but he left as proof of his academic progress an elegiac poem in Latin and Greek on the death of the Rev. Thomas Thacher...
...Elegiac Concern. Despite the heavy breathing on all sides, Updike in Couples is really only reworking the territory that...