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Northrop Frye on Symbol as Archetype: The Mythical Phase

Northrop Frye on Symbol as Archetype: The Mythical Phase

With my recent comparison of two D&D-inspired anime using a method of genre analysis, this is a good time to get into Northrop Frye's fourth phase of interpretation, the mythical phase. In the mythical phase, we will interpret literary symbols as archetypes. This phase of interpretation

WBH Monthly Digest 2024-04-05: Letters to Garcia

WBH Monthly Digest 2024-04-05: Letters to Garcia

Life currently prevents the weekly digest from being weekly, but I've got so much good stuff saved up for these that something has to give. I've noted before the Letter to Garcia is a Sorelian myth, in that it enables action even if the historical facts

Calydonian Boar Hunt Review

J. Manfred Weichsel is back with another disturbingly funny satire, The Calydonian Boar Hunt. Emphasis on the disturbing. Absolutely no one comes out of this looking good, and it is not for the faint-hearted. Yet, as disquieting as Weichsel’s work is, I argue that he is performing a valuable

Darkness and Stone: The Lost Book 3

Darkness and Stone wraps up Peter Nealen’s WarGate series The Lost nicely. You get a cataclysmic final confrontation, endless chthonic horrors, and the phrase, “you mean you just guilt-tripped him to death?” One of my favorite things about this series is that Nealen manages to give the impression that

Three Hearts and Three Lions on Sale

Poul Anderson’s Three Hearts and Three Lions is on sale on Amazon for $1.99 USD. This is a seminal work of American fantasy, and I can’t recommend it enough.

Shadows and Crows by Peter Nealen Book Review

Shadows and Crows: The Lost — Book 2 by Peter Nealen is a dark and otherworldly adventure in a haunted world that sits right at the edge of familiarity. Like the spectres that lurk in the gloaming, it feels like if you listen long enough, you might recognize something you know.

Siegfried Slaying Fafner

Donn P. Crane illustrated a large number of myths, legends, and fairytales for children’s books.