The title thinly covers three essays concerned with human
experience as a "myth," in the original sense of that term - i.e.,
as a story, or a series of stories within stories, containing, and
being contained by, the various events in human life from birth to
death. The trick, as the author explains, is to see all these
narratives in their proper perspective, as adventures: a search for
life, Gilgamesh-like; or a return home, like Odysseus. In each
case, man finds that he faces the unknown, which is to say he faces
God. How he responds to that unknown at each crisis in his life
will determine his relationship to it. Within that time/frame,
there are three moments in the story of man's confrontation with
the unknown God: crisis or encounter; a moment of withdrawal for
reflection; and a final moment of acceptance, or return, at which
time man achieves "all-oneness" with God's creation and therefore
with God. Dunne's staggeringly speculative approach to his subject
is softened to a large extent by the grace of his style and the
suppleness of his thought, and the book's literary and
philosophical qualities will no doubt assure its critical success.
(Kirkus Reviews)
Based on the Thomas More Lectures John Dunne delivered at Yale
University in 1971, Time and Myth analyzes man's confrontation with
the inevitability of death in the cultural, personal, and religious
spheres, viewing each as a particular kind of myth shaped by the
impact of time. With penetrating simplicity the author poses the
timeless dilemma of the human condition and seeks to resolve it
through stories of adventures, journeys, and voyages inspired by
man's encounter with death; stories of childhood, youth, manhood,
and age; and, finally, stories of God and of man wrestling with God
and the unknown.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Notre Dame Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 1975 |
| First published: |
1973 |
| Authors: |
John S Dunne
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
140 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-268-01828-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-268-01828-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780268018283 |
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