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Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937. Williams is less well known than his fellow Inklings, such as C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien. Like some of them, however, he wrote a series of novels which combine elements of fantasy fiction and Christian symbolism. Forgoing the detective fiction style of most of his earlier supernatural novels, most of the story's action is spiritual or psychological in nature.It fits the "theological thriller" description sometimes given to his works. For this reason Descent was initially rejected by publishers, though T. S. Eliot's publishing house Faber and Faberwould eventually pick up the novel, as Eliot admired Williams's work, and, though he did not like Descent Into Hell as well as the earlier novels, desired to see it printed.The action takes place in Battle Hill, outside London, amidst the townspeople's staging of a new play by Peter Stanhope. The hill seems to reside at the crux of time, as characters from the past appear, and perhaps at a doorway to the beyond, as characters are alternately summoned heavenwards or descend into hell.

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Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Religion/Theologie Judentum

• Full title: Descent into Hell
• Author: Charles Williams
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9786256004269
• ISBN: 6256004264
• ID: 47101283
• Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
• Weight: 425 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 135 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 26. December 2024

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