Hunter of the East

James Wynn · 13 Nov 2011, 03:53 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:53:29 -0600
Subject: (urth) Hunter of the East
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On 11/12/2011 8:22 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Now you claim illiteracy as an advantage of your argument? I suppose 
> you have no choice. But at least we agree that the sun is not yet 
> risen, but rather implied. Its rising is imminent. 

And *that* is the true common thread between Gerry's criticism of 
Wolfe's works and this one.
That and the fruitlessness of the debate.
And of course *Gerry's* argument is based on the text, not metaphor or 
conclusive leaps even though the sun is never named in the poem. So a 
fundamental lack of self-awareness is also a common thread here.

However, *Morning* is named. Morning throws the stone at the stars. Why 
is not Morning the hunter? Why is the hunter not Eos?

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