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Author
Smith, Evans Lansing, 1950-
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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809.9382 S6469/M
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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
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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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