Open AccessMilton's Selfie
Author(s) -
Miklós Péti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the anachronist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2063-126X
pISSN - 1219-2589
DOI - 10.53720/fuoo5982
Subject(s) - couplet , adventure , reading (process) , literature , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , art , psychoanalysis , art history , philosophy , psychology , computer science , linguistics , artificial intelligence , poetry
“Fixe heere,” a curious fragment by the young Milton, has been interpreted by critics as an emblematic piece expressing the poet’s pervasive sense of belatedness. In my “speculative flight of fancy,” I propose a different reading, one that finds a general sense of anticipation and adventure in Milton’s couplet.