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The Descent of Alette

By Alice Notley

By Alice Notley

By Alice Notley

By Alice Notley

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Apr 01, 1996 | ISBN 9780140587647

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Apr 01, 1996 | ISBN 9781440621437

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    About The Descent of Alette

    The Decent Of Alette is a rich odyssey of transformation in the tradition of The Inferno. Alice Notley presents a feminist epic: a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above. Traveling deeper and deeper, she is on a journey of continual transformation, encountering a series of figures and undergoing fragmentations and metamorphoses as she seeks to confront the Tyrant and heal the world. Using a new measure, with rhythmic units indicated by quotations marks, Notley has created a “spoken” text, a rich and mesmerizing work of imagination, mystery, and power.

    About The Descent of Alette

    In The Descent of Alette, Alice Notley presents a feminist epic, a bold journey into the deeper realms. Alette, the narrator, finds herself underground, deep beneath the city, where spirits and people ride endlessly on subways, not allowed to live in the world above. Traveling deeper and deeper, she is on a journey of continual transformation, encountering a series of figures and undergoing fragmentations and metamorphoses as she seeks to confront the Tyrant and heal the world. Using a new measure, with rhythmic units indicated by quotation marks, Notley has created a “spoken” text, a rich and mesmerizing work of imagination, mystery, and power.

    About Alice Notley

    Alice Notley was born in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1945 and grew up in Needles, California. She is the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry, including Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and… More about Alice Notley

    About Alice Notley

    Alice Notley was born in Bisbee, Arizona, in 1945 and grew up in Needles, California. She is the author of more than thirty-five books of poetry, including Mysteries of Small Houses (Penguin, 1998, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and… More about Alice Notley

    Product Details

    Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 01, 1996 | 160 Pages | 6 x 9 | ISBN 9780140587647

    Category: Poetry | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 01, 1996 | 160 Pages | ISBN 9781440621437

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