Ackroyd's Milton as Wolfean Hero

Brian · 11 Apr 2013, 13:20 · from 2013-April.txt.gz

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From: brian at studiobl.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Brian?=)
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:20:12 +0000
Subject: (urth) =?iso-8859-1?q?Ackroyd=27s_Milton_as_Wolfean_Hero?=
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Has anyone read Peter Ackroyd's Milton in America?  At one point, the blind
Milton goes into the forest and sits under a tree.  Then follows a passage
of pronoun/identity confusion, with "I" and "he" switching back and forth.
Milton walks on, and is pulled up into a tree by a deer snare, which breaks
his leg.  This experience has a healing or rejunenating effect, because his
vision seems to be restored at least for a time.

Any of this remind you of anything?

--B-Love
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