One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the “Iliad” or of the “Odyssey.”
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One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the “Iliad” or of the “Odyssey.”
“You have to look at the major transitions of your life with a metaphor that makes aesthetic and emotional sense. That metaphor has to be waiting there in your unconscious to become available to you. You might be offered any number of public metaphors, but only the private one is of use.
What parts of the transition are you prepared to embrace?”
M. John Harrison