"This lucid book shows us, through a series of case studies, how to read traditional and other kinds of narrative as 'magical.' Dr. Wilson s study is a rare example of genuinely innovative criticism."--Felicity Riddy, University of York, U.K.

In this final book of her pioneering investigation of logical problems in medieval narrative texts, Anne Wilson offers a practical guide to her approach. She argues that certain narrative plots, some of them famous for their inconsistencies, have been created by a form of thought that we have not recognized.
Wilson demonstrates that texts...