Reviews

"Wright's maze is the labyrinth. His warrior is Theseus, Christ, the Christian soldier, l'homme arme, the pilgrim, or the lover, who enters the labyrinth to meet a challenge at its center and continues through the unicursal path to a victorious exit. In direct and engaging prose, this book traces the two symbols from their first appearance in literature and architecture, through their interpretations in theology, to the ceremonies, games, and performances they inspired... It is a work of major consequence... Wright's book invites no less than a new appraisal of Western music, one more cognizant of myth, belief, and symbol as generative forces in human creativity." - Barbara Haggh, Journal of the American Musicological Society"