Title The myth of the descent to the underworld in postmodern literature / Evans Lansing Smith

Published Lewiston, N.Y. ; Lampeter : Edwin Mellen Press, [2003] ©2003

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Description iii, 365 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm Series Studies in comparative literature ; v. 59 Studies in comparative literature (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; 59 Contents Ch. 1. A Brief Genealogy of the Necrotypes -- Ch. 2. Alejo Carpentier's Lost Steps -- Ch. 3. Calvino's Cartoons -- Ch. 4. Octavio Paz: Sunstone and The Monkey Grammarian -- Ch. 5. Christa Wolf's Cassandra and Medea -- Ch. 6. A. S. Byatt's Possession -- Ch. 7. Angela Carter's Short Fiction -- Ch. 8. Robert Coover's Briar Rose and Pinocchio -- Ch. 9. John Hawkes: An Irish Eye -- Ch. 10. Thomas Pynchon's Mason & Dixon -- Ch. 11. Sylvie Germaine's Book of Nights -- Ch. 12. Sailor Song: Kesey's Comic Apocalypse -- Conclusion: Necrotypes and Narrative Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [345]-353) and index Subject Voyages to the otherworld in literature. Fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism. LC no. 2003048811 ISBN 088946393X series 0773467009 hardback

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