The Natural History of Make-Believe: A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe, and America

The ideal tale teaches moral wisdom as represented in the Book of Proverbs; the fairy godmother represents Dame Wisdom. Goldthwaite presents a rare Christian literary point of view and criticizes writers who represent the world in some gnostic or pagan point of view. He does not bother to argue the validity of his point of view. He believes. Earth and the Heavans are God's. Writers who do not reflect this are either heretics or pagans From his position akin to Dante's, you may sense how much of modern literature inhabits either limbo or hell.