Hello,
I'm re-reading Lord of Light, paying more attention to different puns and hints this time. I've noticed this interesting side line of enmity between two poets: Morgan and Adasay. I wonder if they could have some real-life prototypes (then most probably in the American literature scene of 1960s), as it would be very unlike Zelazny not to hint at something with this. I'm not sure it's something that can be investigated now without working with old records, correspondence, drafts etc., but still, if someone has any versions, I wold appreciate them very much. Thanks in advance!
As a reminder, their mentions from the book:
And when she took Morgan, the poet of the plains, as her lover, he who one day incarnated as a jackbird and flew away...
Always dying, never dead;
Ever ending, never ended;
Loathed in darkness,
Clothed in light,
He comes, to end a world,
As morning ends the night.
These lines were writ
By Morgan, free,
Who shall, the day he dies,
See this prophecy."
The Masque of Blood was quite lovely, having been written by the poet Adasay, who was noted for his elegant language, being of the anti-Morganic school
it was said by the poet Adasay that they resembled at least six different things (he was always lavish with his similes)
I'm re-reading Lord of Light, paying more attention to different puns and hints this time. I've noticed this interesting side line of enmity between two poets: Morgan and Adasay. I wonder if they could have some real-life prototypes (then most probably in the American literature scene of 1960s), as it would be very unlike Zelazny not to hint at something with this. I'm not sure it's something that can be investigated now without working with old records, correspondence, drafts etc., but still, if someone has any versions, I wold appreciate them very much. Thanks in advance!
As a reminder, their mentions from the book:
And when she took Morgan, the poet of the plains, as her lover, he who one day incarnated as a jackbird and flew away...
Always dying, never dead;
Ever ending, never ended;
Loathed in darkness,
Clothed in light,
He comes, to end a world,
As morning ends the night.
These lines were writ
By Morgan, free,
Who shall, the day he dies,
See this prophecy."
The Masque of Blood was quite lovely, having been written by the poet Adasay, who was noted for his elegant language, being of the anti-Morganic school
it was said by the poet Adasay that they resembled at least six different things (he was always lavish with his similes)
