L’Élégie européenne au xx^e siècle Persistance et métamorphoses d’un genre poétique antique

This work explores the renewal of the poetical genre called “elegy” in the 20th century in European literatures, through German, English, Spanish, French, Greek and Italian poetry. It examines the connections between modern literatures, traditions and ancient models, and how the 20th century poets express a new form of lyricism.