Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Caliban and His Mirror - James Enge

"Fantasy is most effective when it acts through symbols that rest pretty deep in the awareness (or beneath the awareness, if you buy into the whole subconscious thing). At the center of every adult’s emotional life is a struggle for autonomy that occurs in adolescence. One may be struggling against well-meaning (or not so well-meaning) caregivers who are reluctant to surrender their authority. One may be raised in perfect environment that encourages autonomy and self-responsibility, but one still has to go out and face the world, make one’s place in it. Somehow, this is part of everyone’s story."


4 out of 5

http://www.deepgenre.com/wordpress/kateelliott/misc/caliban-and-his-mirror-a-guest-post-by-james-enge/

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