The Underworld in Twentieth-Century Poetry

1. Introduction
Michael Thurston

2. Declarations of Interdependence: The Necromantic Confrontation with Tradition
Michael Thurston

3. Katabasis as Cultural Critique
Michael Thurston

4. In Nekuia Begins Responsibility: “Little Gidding” and the Postwar Necromantic Tradition
Michael Thurston

5. James Merrill’s “Book of Ephraim”
Michael Thurston

6. Derek Walcott’s Omeros
Michael Thurston

7. Tony Harrison’s V
Michael Thurston

8. Seamus Heaney’s “Station Island”
Michael Thurston

9. Epilogue
Michael Thurston

Keywords: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, North American Literature, Literary History, Poetry and Poetics