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Melusine The Serpent Goddess in A. S. Byatt's Possession and in Mythology
Gillian Alban
Melusine The Serpent Goddess in A. S. Byatt's Possession and in Mythology
Gillian Alban
This work pursues the Fairy Melusine snake-woman image through the plot and the poetry of A. S. Byatt's novel "Possession", into medieval legend, and beyond into her antecedents in ancient myth. It describes the erotically inspiring force of Melusine's love story.
307 pages, bibliography, index
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 28, 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780739104712 |
Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Pages | 307 |
Dimensions | 162 × 239 × 25 mm · 590 g |
Language | English |
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