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topos/katabasis_descent
18 items with this tag.
Jul 24, 2026
The Man Who Was Thursday
graph/work
setting/europe
concept/history
author/chesterton
character/gabriel_syme
character/lucian_gregory
character/sunday
character/rosamond_gregory
character/the_secretary
character/dr_bull
character/professor_de_worms
character/marquis_de_st_eustache
character/gogol
character/colonel_ducroix
concept/order_vs_chaos
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/secrecy_and_concealment
concept/identity
concept/fear
concept/paradox
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/providence
concept/anarchism
topos/double
topos/world_upside_down
topos/quest
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/theatrum_mundi
motif/concealment_hidden_identity
motif/clothing_and_costume
motif/light_and_dark
motif/eyes_and_sight
motif/fire
motif/garden
motif/sun
setting/london
setting/river_thames
setting/rural_england
setting/underworld_cave
setting/sea_2
setting/france
archetype/detective
archetype/trickster
archetype/rebel
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/christ_figure
form/novel
form/detective_fiction
form/allegory
histref/french_revolution
histref/bible
histref/christianity
histref/greek_mythology
histref/roman_history
Jul 24, 2026
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
graph/work
form/nonfiction
author/poe
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/quest_hero
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/the_journey
motif/white_and_red
motif/blood
motif/death
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_sublime
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/survival
concept/the_uncanny
form/novel
form/travel_writing
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym (Raven Edition)
graph/work
author/poe
form/novel
form/narrative_poem
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/quest_hero
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/the_journey
motif/white_and_red
motif/light_and_dark
motif/death
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_sublime
concept/the_uncanny
concept/survival
concept/deception
Jul 24, 2026
The Maracot Deep
graph/work
motif/sea_and_voyage
author/conan_doyle
form/science_fiction
form/adventure_fiction
form/novel
concept/wonder
concept/reason_and_rationalism
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/courage
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/nature_vs_civilization
motif/sea
motif/water
motif/light_and_dark
motif/journey
motif/ruins_the_abbey
setting/ship
character/professor_maracot
character/cyrus_headley
character/bill_scanlan
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/mentor
archetype/hero
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/golden_age
Jul 24, 2026
The Fisherman and his Soul
graph/work
author/wilde
topos/the_double
topos/the_quest
topos/love_as_religion
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/witch
archetype/satanic_figure
archetype/lover
motif/the_sea
motif/desire
motif/love
motif/the_supernatural
motif/the_mirror
motif/money_gold
motif/the_cross
motif/moon
motif/death
concept/self_and_soul
concept/love_romantic
concept/temptation
concept/good_vs_evil
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/lust
concept/grace_and_redemption
form/fairy_tale
form/allegory
form/short_story
histref/christianity
setting/the_sea
setting/the_orient
character/satan
character/the_young_fisherman
character/the_mermaid
character/the_soul
character/the_witch
Jul 24, 2026
THE FAMILY REUNION
graph/work
author/eliot
form/verse_drama
form/tragedy
concept/guilt
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conscience
concept/alienation
concept/appearance_vs_reality
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/avenger
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/ghost
motif/ghosts
motif/the_supernatural
motif/seasons
histref/greek_tragedy
histref/greek_mythology
setting/rural_england
character/harry_monchensey
character/amy_monchensey
character/agatha
Jul 24, 2026
Sweeney Agonistes
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/spiritual_emptiness
concept/the_waste_land
concept/guilt
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/alienation
motif/death
motif/dreams
motif/music_and_song
motif/wine_and_drink
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/verse_drama
form/fragment
histref/greek_tragedy
setting/london
character/sweeney
Jul 24, 2026
Sonnet:
graph/work
author/keats
form/sonnet
motif/dreams
histref/dante
histref/greek_mythology
topos/katabasis_descent
concept/love_romantic
motif/storm
Jul 24, 2026
Ms. Found in a Bottle
graph/work
author/poe
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/the_quest
concept/the_sublime
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/mortality
concept/the_uncanny
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/night
motif/ghosts
motif/decay
motif/ruins
motif/letters_writing
archetype/ghost
archetype/outcast_wanderer
form/short_story
form/gothic_novel
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship
Jul 24, 2026
The Incredulity of Father Brown
graph/work
concept/history
concept/economics
author/chesterton
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/appearance_vs_reality
concept/faith
concept/faith_and_doubt
concept/guilt
concept/justice
concept/deception
concept/the_uncanny
motif/masks_disguise
motif/the_supernatural
motif/blood
motif/money_gold
form/detective_fiction
form/short_story
histref/christianity
character/father_brown
archetype/detective
character/flambeau
concept/crime_and_punishment
concept/revenge
concept/money_and_avarice
concept/power_and_corruption
concept/class_conflict
concept/fanaticism
topos/fortune_s_wheel
topos/double
topos/katabasis_descent
motif/ghosts
motif/great_house
motif/light_and_dark
motif/mirror
motif/snow
motif/animals
setting/america
setting/new_york
setting/sea_2
setting/ship
setting/rural_england
setting/grave_2
setting/underworld_cave
setting/castle
archetype/trickster
archetype/double_doppelganger
archetype/avenger
form/gothic_novel
histref/bible
histref/catholic_church
histref/first_world_war
histref/industrial_revolution
histref/medieval_england
Jul 24, 2026
III At the first turning of the second stair
graph/work
author/eliot
concept/temptation
topos/katabasis_descent
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/humility
motif/music_and_song
histref/dante
Jul 24, 2026
Gloria in Profundis
graph/work
author/chesterton
concept/love_divine
concept/paradox
concept/humility
concept/grace_and_redemption
topos/world_upside_down
topos/paradise_lost
motif/stars
motif/the_grave
form/hymn
character/christ
character/satan
histref/christianity
concept/sin_and_the_fall
concept/eternity
concept/incarnation
topos/katabasis_descent
motif/cave
setting/underworld_cave
histref/bible
Jul 24, 2026
FRAGMENT OF AN ODE ON NAPOLEON
graph/work
author/coleridge
form/ode
form/fragment
concept/power_and_corruption
archetype/tyrant
histref/greek_mythology
topos/katabasis_descent
histref/napoleonic_wars
concept/love_romantic
Jul 24, 2026
Endymion - A Poetic Romance
graph/work
author/keats
form/narrative_poem
form/heroic_couplet
topos/the_quest
topos/the_unattainable_beloved
archetype/quest_hero
concept/beauty
concept/immortality_of_art
concept/love_romantic
motif/dreams
motif/moon
motif/nature
topos/katabasis_descent
histref/greek_mythology
setting/ancient_greece
character/endymion
character/cynthia
Jul 24, 2026
Eldorado
graph/work
author/poe
concept/the_quest_concept
concept/disillusionment
concept/mortality
concept/ambition
topos/the_quest
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
archetype/quest_hero
archetype/pilgrim
motif/the_journey
motif/money_gold
motif/moon
motif/death
form/ballad
form/allegory
setting/the_underworld
Jul 24, 2026
Dream-Land
graph/work
author/poe
concept/melancholy
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/mortality
concept/memory_and_time
concept/the_sublime
topos/night_journey
topos/katabasis_descent
motif/dreams
motif/night
motif/ghosts
motif/memory
motif/water
motif/the_journey
motif/the_supernatural
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/ghost
setting/the_underworld
form/lyric
Jul 24, 2026
De Profundis
graph/work
form/nonfiction
concept/history
author/wilde
character/christ
archetype/christ_figure
archetype/martyr
archetype/outcast_wanderer
archetype/scapegoat
concept/humility
concept/grace_and_redemption
concept/conversion
concept/grief_and_loss
concept/self_and_soul
concept/melancholy
concept/guilt
concept/faith
concept/individualism
concept/beauty
motif/the_cross
motif/suffering
motif/prison
motif/letters_writing
motif/bread_and_wine_eucharist
motif/seasons
motif/money_gold
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/fall_from_innocence
form/autobiography
form/essay
histref/christianity
histref/the_bible
histref/dante
histref/greek_tragedy
Jul 24, 2026
A Descent Into the Maelstrom
graph/work
author/poe
concept/terror_and_horror
concept/the_sublime
concept/rationcination_detection
concept/providence
concept/fate_and_free_will
concept/mortality
topos/katabasis_descent
topos/night_journey
topos/book_of_nature
motif/the_sea
motif/storm
motif/water
motif/moon
motif/death
archetype/hero
form/short_story
setting/the_sea
setting/a_ship