Title: The consolation of otherness
Description: "The social and religious constraints of their time may have prevented John Milton, Thomas Gray, and Alfred Tennyson from conscious expression or even unconscious recognition of the true extent of their love and devotion to their young male friends, but it lies at the heart of their emotional lives and poetry. Connected by the extraordinary coincidence that each of their loved ones died young, Milton, Gray, and Tennyson are also connected by the male-love elegies that sprang from their grief.".

"This work examines the relationships between John Milton and Charles Diodati, Thomas Gray and Richard West, and Alfred Tennyson and Arthur Hallam through a critical study of Milton's "Epitaphium Damonis," Gray's "Elegy," and Tennyson's "In Memoriam." It shows how their concepts of otherness and difference from the people around them provided comfort after the loss of their loved ones."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Difference (Psychology) in literature, Elegiac poetry, Latin (Medieval and modern), English Elegiac poetry, English poetry, History and criticism, Love in literature, Male authors, Male friendship in literature, Men in literature, Elegy written in a country churchyard (Gray, Thomas), In memoriam (Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron), Gray, thomas, 1716-1771, Tennyson, alfred tennyson, baron, 1809-1892, Milton, john, 1608-1674, Elegiac poetry, history and criticism, English poetry, history and criticism
People: Alfred Tennyson Tennyson Baron (1809-1892), John Milton (1608-1674), Thomas Gray (1716-1771)