elegiac

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Yet if all we get from “The Innocents of Florence” is a sense of elegiac reverence for those children who briefly called it home, Mr. Luzzi’s narrative is ultimately an evocative one.

From The Wall Street Journal

Goldblatt’s pictures from before these events are touristic and from afterward elegiac; particularly moving are his portraits of the dispossessed, showing their bitterness and their dignity.

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His patient, elegiac tone mimics the president’s reserve: The camera almost never moves, the musical cues are minimal, and there is virtually no unnecessary cutting.

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Also among Mr. Stoppard’s most indelible achievements was “The Invention of Love,” his elegiac and beautifully compassionate play about the poet A.E.

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Cushioned between the more experimental songs, however, were the real crowd-pleasers: An elegiac version of Lucky, a beautifully twisted No Surprises and a genuinely sublime version of Weird Fishes/Arpeggi.

From BBC