Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1999
Abstract
Whether through religion, sex, or art, people crave excitement, to be elevated above ordinary experiences. A frequent theme both in our lives and in literature, this desire often involves the interplay of fantasy and reality. Is Hamlet indeed mad—does he actually see camels in the clouds—or is he quite coolly calculating, shrewdly manipulating people? For our part, when we fall in love, are we being led yet again by our delusions toward disaster?
Recommended Citation
Wild, Peter. Desert Literature: The Middle Period - J. Smeaton Chase, Edna Brush Perkins, and Edwin Corle. Boise, ID: Boise State University, 1999. Digital. Western Writers Series, 138.
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