Brings together the study of literature with the psychology and history of religions.
Preface and AcknowledgmentsPrologue: A Familiar Illness11Duncan and H.D.: Gnostic Therapy282Robert Duncan, Theoretician of Illness713The Myth of "My Mother Would Be a Falconress"1144Deep Trouble/Deep Treble: Nathaniel Mackey's Gnostic Rasp171Epilogue: Does the Poem Heal?217Notes225Bibliography251Index261