A quest for remembrance : the underworld in classical and modern literature / edited by Madeleine Scherer and Rachel Falconer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scherer, Madeleine, editor.

Falconer, Rachel, editor.

Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Series:

Warwick series in the humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--Classical influences.

Literature, Modern.

Classical literature--History and criticism.

Classical literature.

Voyages to the otherworld in literature.

Memory in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vi, 272 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"A Quest for Remembrance: The Underworld in Classical and Modern literature brings together a range of arguments exploring connections between the descent into the underworld, also known as katabasis, and various forms of memory. Its chapters investigate the uses of the descent topos both in antiquity and in the reception of classical literature in the nineteenth to twenty-first centuries. In the process, the volume explores how the hero's quest into the underworld engages with the theme of recovering memories from the past. At the same time, we aim to foreground how the narrative format itself is concerned with forms of commemoration ranging from trans-cultural memory, remembering the literary and intellectual canon, to commemorating important historical events that might otherwise be forgotten. Through highlighting this duality this collection aims to introduce the descent narrative as its own literary genre, a 'memorious genre' related to but distinct from the quest narrative"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Orville H. Bullitt Classics Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: A quest for remembrance

ISBN:

9780367358860

0367358867

OCLC:

1122695539

Publisher Number:

99983910267