The meaning of grief, its public expression and the ways in which it has been manipulated for political effect, is the subject of this intriguing book. The strength of The Cue for Passion lies in the range of texts Gail Holst-Warhaft examines and the number of contexts she explores in order to consider the place of grief in Western society.
   --Joy Damousi, Melbourne Age

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Gail Holst-Warhaft is Adjunct Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at Cornell University.