Abstract
Compares The Silver Chair and the allegory of the cave in Plato’s Republic, identifying eight commonalities. Asserts they have a common motif, “the spiritual quest for existential meaning where the divine and the terrestrial combine.”
Recommended Citation
Simmons, Courtney Lynn and Simmons, Joe
(1991)
"The Silver Chair and Plato's Allegory of the Cave: Archetypes of Spiritual Liberation,"
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature: Vol. 17
:
No.
4
, Article 2.
Available at:
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol17/iss4/2
Mythcon 51: The Mythic, the Fantastic, and the Alien
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