Melusine the serpent goddess in A. S. Byatt's Possession and in mythology / Gillian M. E. Alban.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alban, Gillian M. E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936- Possession.

Byatt, A. S.

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023--Knowledge and learning--Mythology.

Byatt, A. S. (Antonia Susan), 1936-2023.

Mythology.

Melusine (Legendary character) in literature.

Melusine (Legendary character).

Mythology in literature.

Goddesses in literature.

Serpents in literature.

Fairies in literature.

Women in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

Part I Melusine and the Snake Goddess

1. Into the Garden, Melusine! The Tale in Byatt's Possession 15

2. The Aquatic Great Goddess 43

3. The Ophidian Goddess in Gylanic Times 63

Part II Love and the Holy Marriage

4. The Meeting and Marriage of Melusine and Raimondin 81

5. Keats' Lamia in the Cevennes 95

6. Sexual Love in the Ancient Holy Marriage 109

7. The Goddess as Wife or Mother of God 127

Part III Mother and Creation

8. The Creative Snake Goddess 141

9. From Creatrix to Monster 157

10. Mere Lucine, Echidna: Mother of Monsters 173

11. Serpent Goddess Atargatis and Queen Semiramis 191

Part IV The Curse and Death

12. The Prohibition of Melusine Resulting from Her Curse 215

13. Lilith, Medusa, and Scylla: Rapacious Females 235

14. Snake under the Tree in Paradise: Asherah Suppressed 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-295) and index.

ISBN:

0739104713

OCLC:

51274781