Sinopsis
The hero's descent into the Underworld is not only one of the oldest stories in western literature; it is also one of the most often retold. Why do so many modern poets-British and American, black and white, male and female, from the metropole and from the margins-stage Underworld descents in their works? Through a series of contextualized close readings, this study traces the cultural work performed by modern deployments of the classical narrative. While some poets engage their literary forebears to exorcise anxiety and others use Hell to sharpen their cultural critique, most recent poets, including James Merrill, Derek Walcott, Tony Harrison, and Seamus Heaney, have found the Underworld descent to be a useful framework for addressing the claims of history and politics.
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TERESA DE JESUS ROMERO BARRADAS, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. DR ANNIE BROWN, CEPA, United Arab Emirates. DEIRDRE BURRELL. Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. DR. CARMEN SANCHEZ CHAVEZ, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. PROFESSOR ALAN DAVIES, Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh ROGER DUNNE, Senior Editor EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. ADRIANA ABAD FLORESCANO, General Co-ordinator EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. DR SUZANNE GRAHAM, Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. DR TONY GREEN, Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK. DR PATRICIA E. GROUNDS, Senior Projects Manager, British Council Mexico. MARY MAXWELL HART, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. PAUL JAQUITH, Higher Colleges of Technology, United Arab Emirates. DR PAUL JOYCE, Assistant Professor at J.F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. ELIF KANTARCIO?LU, Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL) , Ankara, Turkey. DR RICHARD KIELY, Head of the Centre for International Language Teacher Education (CILTE) at University College of St Mark and St John Plymouth ESPERANZA ZAMORA LARA, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. MARIA ISABEL GONZALEZ MACIAS, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. LUIS ALEJANDRO SANTANA MARTINEZ, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico DOMINIQUE MEDLEY, Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. DR FUMIYO NAKATSUHARA, Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK. DR BRIAN NORTH, Head of Academic Development at Eurocentres, Switzerland and of EAQUALS (European Association for Quality Language Services) DR JOHN O'DWYER, Director of the Bilkent University School of English Language (BUSEL), Ankara, Turkey. DR SPIROS PAPAGEORGIU, Michigan University, USA. DR ABDUL HALIM ABDUL RAOF, University of Technology, Malaysia at Johor Bahru PROFESSOR PAULINE REA-DICKINS, Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Institute for Educational Development, Eastern Africa, Aga Khan University and Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol PROFESSOR BRIAN RICHARDS, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. DR JON ROBERTS, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Education, University of Reading, UK. DAVID EWING RYAN, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. PATRICIA REIDY RYAN, EXAVER Examinations at Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico. PROFESSOR TOSHIHIKO SHIOTSU, Professor of Language Education at Kurume University, Japan. PROFESSOR CYRIL WEIR, Powdrill Chair in English Language Acquisition & Director of the Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment (CRELLA), University of Bedfordshire, UK. DR GUOXING YU, Senior Lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, Bristol University, UK.
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