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Author Strauss, Walter A.

Title Descent and return; the Orphic theme in modern literature / Walter A. Strauss.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1971.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  PN57.O65 S8    Available  ---
Description viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes selections in French and German, with English translations.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: Metamorphosis of Orpheus -- Novalis: Orpheus the magician -- Seasoning of hell: Nerval -- Mallarmé: Orpheus and the "Néant" -- Rilke: Orpheus and the double realm -- After Rilke: Orpheus, paradigm or paradox?
Subject Literature, Modern -- Themes, motives.
Literature, Modern -- Themes, motives.
Literature, Modern.
Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- In literature.
ISBN 0674198301
9780674198302