Descent Into Hell
Eerdmans's 1980 paperback edition
Author	Charles Williams
Publisher	Faber and Faber
Publication date	1937
Pages	222

Descent Into Hell is a novel written by Charles Williams, first published in 1937. Charles Walter Stansby Williams ( September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British Poet, Novelist, Theologian Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing Charles Walter Stansby Williams ( September 20, 1886 – May 15, 1945) was a British Poet, Novelist, Theologian Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Descent Into Hell shares with Williams's other novels the super-natural theme which is situated in a modern context. Forgoing the detective-fiction style of most of his earlier novels, most of the story's action is spiritual or psychological in nature, well-fitting 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 Faber would 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 in print. Thomas Stearns Eliot, OM (September 26 1888 – January 4 1965 was a poet Dramatist, and Literary critic. Faber and Faber, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing

Allusions

There are several prominent literary allusions running throughout Descent Into Hell. Battle Hill's resident poet, Peter Stanhope, frequently quotes and references William Shakespeare's play The Tempest. William Shakespeare ( baptised The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although

Percy Bysshe Shelley's work Prometheus Unbound is also referenced repeatedly, regarding the appearance of a doppelgänger. Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4 1792 – July 8 1822 ˈpɝːsɪ ˈbɪʃ ˈʃɛlɪ was one of the major English Romantic poets and is widely considered to be among A doppelgänger ( or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person a sinister form of Bilocation.

Less obvious Biblical allusions are present, as well as several references to mythology and legend, including Lilith, Samael, and succubi. Lilith (Hebrew he לילית is a mythological female Mesopotamian Storm Demon associated with Wind and was thought to be a bearer Samael (סמאל (also Sammael) is an important Archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore as well as Christian tradition and demonology a figure who A succubus (plural succubi) is a Demon who takes the form of a beautiful woman to seduce men especially monks in Dreams to have Sexual intercourse

References

• Carpenter, Humphrey (2006), The Inklings: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien and Their Friends, HarperCollins, ISBN 0-0077-4869-8

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