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Uncharted Depths
Descent Narratives in English and French Children's Literature
Copyright Year 2010
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Book Description
This study enhances our understanding of katabasis, as well as the intersections between adult and children's literature in English and French, by examining the relationships between works of children's literature incorporating this form of narrative and the Aeneid and the Inferno.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. Katabatic Intertextual Relations 2. The Underground Landscape and its Inhabitants 3. Gender Roles and Relations 4. Didacticism and Diversion 5. Conclusion
Author(s)
Biography
Kiera Vaclavik