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The Descent to the Underworld in Literature, Painting, and Film, 1895-1950: The Modernist Nekyia
The Descent to the Underworld in Literature Painting and Film 1895-1950 The Modernist Nekyia
Author: Evans Lansing Smith
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the descent to the underworld in Modernism. The book shows that the nekyia was the single most important myth for the Modernists between 1895 and 1946. It focuses on "necrotypes", symbolic images typically found in association with descent to the underworld. It also takes an interdisciplinary appro...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780773474925
ISBN-10: 0773474927
Pages: 577
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Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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