James Merrill : postmodern magus : myth and poetics /

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In this meticulously researched, carefully argued work, Evans Lansing Smith argues that the nekyia, the circular Homeric narrative describing the descent into the underworld and reemergence in the same or similar place, confers shape and significance upon the entirety of James Merrill's poetry....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Evans Lansing, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2008.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Merrill, James Ingram > Criticism and interpretation.
Merrill, James, > 1926-1995
POETRY > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
American Literature.
English.
Languages & Literatures.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Overture; 1. First Poems; 2. The Country of a Thousand Years of Peace; 3. Water Street; 4. Nights and Days; 5. The Fire Screen; 6. Braving the Elements; 7. Divine Comedies; 8. The Book of Ephraim; 9. The Changing Light at Sandover; 10. The Inner Room; 11. Late Settings and A Scattering of Salts; Coda; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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