Freedom is the sign under which literature and fantastic writings are created, which give the key to the work itself, according the author's confession.

Following these critical reflections we understand the major role played in his laboratory of creation by the scholar's intuition, the convictions of the religions historian, of Eliade as the mythologist and the specialist in hermeneutics, but mostly the importance given to creative spontaneity, the lack of any fettering of creative imagination. Some other times, in the Diary or in other writings, Eliade jots down aspects of the scholarly writings which he finds in stories without having had the intention to develop them in a literary manner. Summary/Abstract: We would like to follow the statements Eliade makes on various occasions over the years on his own fantastic writings which he sometimes interpret regarding his own theory on fantastic, as a phenomenon born from the degradation of the sacred and related to the theory of the camouflage of the sacred into the profane but also regarding the critical, sometimes inappropriate reception of his writings.

Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI Keywords: novel fantastic theory journal exegesis interpretation Fantastic Tales (English and Romanian Edition) Eliade, Mircea, Niculescu, Mihai, Tappe, Eric Ditmar on. Subject(s): Media studies, Romanian Literature, Theory of Literature CONSIDERATIONS OF THE AUTHOR ON ITS OWN FANTASTIC TALES Author(s): Rodica Brad This is an odd little book intended for Romanian language learners and containing but three stories, chosen partly for their interest and literary value.

CONSIDERATIONS DE L`AUTEUR SUR SES PROPRES CONTES FANTASTIQUESĮLIADE READ BY ELIADE. Note: The other two reviews of this currently on GR (one in English, one in Romanian) appear to refer to either a different edition or a separate work altogether, for they reference other stories not included in this book.ELIADE LU PAR ELIADE. The second Eliade story, about a man who grows increasingly larger, offered more intriguing potential but ended up only average over its entirety. Not worth lingering over, though, given my general disinterest in the context. The first Eliade story is a bit inscrutable, seemingly straightforward with a twist ending of which I'm still not sure I grasp the full significance. University of Chicago Press, 1978 - Philosophy. Of the three, I most enjoyed Mihai Niculescu's 'The Cobbler of Hydra' with its mysterious island setting and hallucinatory tinge. History of Religious Ideas, Volume 1: From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries. This is an odd little book intended for Romanian language learners and containing but three stories, 'chosen partly for their interest and literary value, partly as having a fairly high proportion of useful vocabulary and a reasonable balance of description and dialogue'.

Fantastic Tales by Mircea Eliade