Creative Mimesis of Emotion: From Sorrow to Elation; Elegiac Virtuosity in Literature

Are emotions, feelings, sentiments not the stuff of literature? That i s where they project their 'inner logic' of aesthetic transmutation; t here, beyond the instrument of language that they command. This collec tion explores how the lyrical virtualities of life-experience and the elegiac style in literature share a common core, lifting the human sig nificance of life from abysmal vitality to esoteric heights, from abys mal grief to a serene reconciliation with destiny.