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...Staff writer Sofia E. Groopman contributed to the reporting of this story...
...Staff writer Gautam S. Kumar can be reached at gkumar@college.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Evan T.R. Rosenman can be reached at erosenm@fas.harvard.edu...
Early on, Carson uses history as a way into her discussion of elegy, focusing on the Greek writer Herodotos: “Herodotos is an historian who trains you as you read. It is a process of asking, searching, collecting, doubting, striving, testing, blaming and above all standing amazed at the strange things humans do.” The study of history often raises more questions, Herodotos argues, than it resolves. Carson’s elegy is indeed similar to Herodotos’ concept of history. Although she does not fully arrive at an understanding of her brother?...
...Staff writer Rachel A. Burns can be reached at rburns@fas.harvard.edu...