Lilith, The Legend of the First Woman is a rendition of the old rabbinical legend of Lilith, the first woman, whose life story was dropped unrecorded from the early world, and whose home, hope, and Eden were passed to another woman. The author warns us in her preface that she has not followed the legend closely. In her hands, Lilith becomes an embodiment of mother-love that has existed forever, and it is her name that lends its itself to the lullabies repeated to young children. The author not only freely changes the legend of Lilith, but is free with the unities of her own story. It is full...

Lilith, The Legend of the First Woman is a rendition of the old rabbinical legend of Lilith, the first woman, whose life story was dropped unrecorded from the early world, and whose home, hope, and Eden were passed to another woman. The author warns us in her preface that she has not followed the legend closely. In her hands, Lilith becomes an embodiment of mother-love that has existed forever, and it is her name that lends its itself to the lullabies repeated to young children. The author not only freely changes the legend of Lilith, but is free with the unities of her own story. It is full...

In "Lilith" entfaltet Ada Langworthy Collier eine faszinierende narrative Landschaft, die Elemente der viktorianischen Lyrik und symbolistischen Prosa kunstvoll vereint. Das Werk, tief verwurzelt in mythologischen Topoi und subtilen feministischen Untertönen, erkundet die Figur der Lilith als Archetyp des weiblichen Widerstands gegen patriarchale Strukturen. Colliers dichter, beinahe mystischer Stil zeichnet sich durch musikalische Sprachmelodie, reiche Bildlichkeit und eine bemerkenswerte psychologische Tiefe aus, wodurch das Werk in einen spannenden Dialog mit zeitgenössischen...