The
inner story
: myth and symbol in the Bible and literature
Luke, Helen M., 1904-1995
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'Yeats once wrote, 'There is but one history and that the soul's.'...Everything Helen Luke has written says that there is such a history and here, by way of commentary on ten ancient and more recent tales, she reveals this inner story in a way which again gently but urgently invites one to undertake the living of it - to enter upon the way....'
An African tale. The story of the Exodus. The Bacchae, by Euripides. The little prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The story of Saul. Frodo's mithril coat in the Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R Tolkein. "The King and the corpse". The symbolism of water in the Bible. The story of Jacob. King Lear, by Shakespeare
Myth--Literature
Symbolism--Literature
Myth--Bible
Symbolism--Bible
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