Melusine the Serpent Goddess in A. S. Byatt's Possession and Mythology
Gillian Alban meticulously 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. The book describes the erotically inspiring force of Melusine's love story and draws parallels with goddesses such as Lamia, Ishtar or Inanna, Isis, and Asherah. Mother, creator, and leader,...
By Gillian Alban
Hardcover: 307 pages
Publisher: Lexington Books (July 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0739104713
ISBN-13: 978-0739104712
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1 x 9.4 inches
Format: PDF ePub djvu ebook
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This book presents itself as a scholarly look at the figure of Melusine, best-known as the mysterious heroine of a medieval French fairy tale, but with ties to major goddesses of the ancient world. The author focuses mainly on Melusine's story as presented in A.S. Byatt's novel _Possession_, but al...
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