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dc.creatorBent, Miles Olan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-23T14:28:49Z
dc.date.available2017-05-23T14:28:49Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.identifierWLURG38_Bent_ENGL_2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/33887
dc.descriptionMiles Olan Bent is a member of the Class of 2017 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionCapstone; [FULL-TEXT FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE]en_US
dc.description.abstractThis essay explores “Marshland Elegy” by first outlining the historical evolution of elegies to provide a foundational understanding of the literary form, and then analyzing the utility in considering “Marshland Elegy’s” elegiac form as a synecdoche for A Sand County Almanac. My argument will then examine the effects of Leopold’s legacy when applying the elegiac form, including what consolation, if any, he offers us, and what that means for the human-nature relationship he values so highly, particularly as it pertains to human agency and individual roles. My evaluation of “Marshland Elegy” as an elegiac literary narrative eventually identifies it as an incomplete elegy, though I find that its deficiencies strengthen, rather than subtract from, Leopold’s comprehensive message of consolation because it forces the reader to directly engage with their own solutions to the problems Leopold poses. [From Introduction]en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMiles Bent
dc.format.extent24 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Capstone in Englishen_US
dc.titleAldo Leopold's Unique Elegy: Consolation and Agency in "Marshland Elegy" and A Sand County Almanacen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
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dc.rights.holderBent, Miles Olan
dc.subject.fastConsolation in literatureen_US
dc.subject.fastLeopold, Aldo, 1886-1948en_US
dc.subject.fastEcologyen_US
dc.subject.fastUnited Statesen_US
local.departmentEnglishen_US
local.scholarshiptypeCapstoneen_US


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