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    612-822-4611

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The Descent of Alette

The Descent of Alette

Notley, Alice

Paperback

Series: Penguin Poets

Poetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 0140587640
ISBN13: 9780140587647
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Apr 1 1996
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Awards: Boston Book Review
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.

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