Title
The Elephant in The Garden of Eden
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Overview of the elephant image found in contemporary psychology, literature, and ancient animal lore. Hillman sees in Kotzwinkle’s Elephant Bangs Train (1971), Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant,” and the African story a connection between the dying elephant and the act of writing. Hillman writes, “The elephant hunt and the author’s reflections on the writing of it become a parable for the mystical integrity of writing itself which is the soul of the book.”
Published in
Spring: Journal of Archetype and Culture
Volume
50
Date
1990
Pages
93-115
COinS
Citation
Hillman, James. “The Elephant in The Garden of Eden.” Spring: Journal of Archetype and Culture 50 (1990): 93-115.