| Description |
1 online resource (268 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index. |
| Summary |
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. Smith illustrates how pervasive this myth is in Merrill's work, not just in The Changing Light at Sandover, where it naturally serves as the central premise of the entire trilogy, but in all of the poet's books, before and after that central text. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Merrill, James, 1926-1995 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Merrill, James, 1926-1995. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Merrill, James, 1926-1995 -- Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Evans Lansing, 1950- James Merrill. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008921473 |
| ISBN |
9781587297649 (electronic book) |
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1587297647 (electronic book) |
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9781587296963 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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1587296969 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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