 | Figuring Grief: Gallant, Munro, and the Poetics of Elegy Subjects: Gallant Mavis 1922- -- Criticism and interpretation; Munro Alice 1931- -- Criticism and interpretation; Grief in literature; Karen Smythe's theoretical study is concerned largely with the works of two of the best short story writers in the English language Mavis Gallant and Alice Munro. Although Gallant and Munro have received increasing attention in recent years, most critics have taken a general approach to their works, usually discussing the themes of memory and loss. In contrast, Smythe focuses specifically on the importance of elegy in these fictions and on the role the reader plays in reading them. |
