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365 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
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This work provides a comprehensive study of the myth of the descent to the underworld in postmodern literature. It develops a theory of necrotypes - archetypal images consistently evoked by the myth of the nekyia - and applies it to close readings...
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365 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780773467002
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
This work provides a comprehensive study of the myth of the descent to the underworld in postmodern literature. It develops a theory of necrotypes - archetypal images consistently evoked by the myth of the nekyia - and applies it to close readings...