"I was just then going through a healthy reaction from the orthodoxy of my youth; religion had become for me not so much a possession as an obsession, which I was trying to throw off, and this iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe was the result"
- Laurence Housman
About this Quote
This quote by Laurence Housman talks to the idea of a healthy response to the orthodoxy of his youth. It appears that religion had ended up being an obsession for him, and he was trying to break devoid of it. The result of this was an iconoclastic tale of an imaginary tribe. This might be seen as a way for him to express his feelings of disobedience versus the religious orthodoxy he was raised with. It might also be viewed as a method for him to explore his own beliefs and worths, and to produce a new story that was more in line with his own views. By producing this imaginary tribe, he was able to express his own ideas and sensations in a way that was not bound by the conventional faiths of his youth.
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