Metaliterary Katabasis in the Writings of Eavan Boland, Derek Walcott and Gloria Naylor : The Poet and the Underworld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feuth, Amaranth, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception.

Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boland, Eavan,.

Boland, Eavan.

Walcott, Derek,.

Walcott, Derek.

Naylor, Gloria,.

Naylor, Gloria.

Voyages to the otherworld in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book examines how twentieth-century anglophone authors use katabasis to express poetics and position themselves in the western literary canon.

Contents:

Introduction 1. Writing in the Shadows: Katabasis in the Poetry of Eavan Boland 2. Turning the Tide: Katabasis and Poetics in Derek Walcott's Omeros 3. The Masculine Element in a Union of Opposites: The Descent of the Poet in Gloria Naylor's Linden Hills Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

ISBN:

1-350-53604-0

1-350-53602-4

9781350536029

OCLC:

1577546532