Passage through hell : modernist descents, medieval underworlds /

Taking the culturally resonant motif of the descent to the underworld as his guiding thread. David L. Pike traces the interplay between myth and history in medieval and modernist literature. Passage through Hell suggests new approaches to the practices of comparative literature, and a possible escap...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pike, David L. (David Lawrence), 1963-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv5rdzjj