Song of Solomon: To Ride the Air Author(s): Dorothy H. Lee Source: Black American Literature Forum, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer, 1982), pp. 64-70 Published by: African American Review (St. Louis University) Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2904138 Accessed: 18-01-2017 18:07 UTC JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms African American Review (St. Louis University) is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Black American Literature Forum This content downloaded from 128.228.173.43 on Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:07:08 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms SONG OF SOLOMON: TO RIDE THE AIR DOROTHY H. LEE* Myth unfolds in a series of outwardly connected actions what the symbol that is, literally to transcend bondage. With a magical embodies in a unity. realism that disregards conventional verisimilitude in its -J. J. Bachofen, "Symbol and Myth"' blend of the fabulous with carefully delineated historical circumstances, she evokes a specific past and present black experience. The novel's mythic structure, additional allusions, The world's great myths continue to be relevant to man's and its network of symbols also suggest a meaning broadly questions about his nature and his relationship to self, applicable to any person who seeks to emerge from the dark society, and the universe.