Images leave their impressions on the world too. Maybe that's the point.
William Oram wrote:
> Do remember the pressed grass that Arthur notices when he awakes, though. Pressed by Arthur as he tosses and turns? Who knows, but Spenser didn't need to have Arthur mention it. Bill Oram
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>>>> "David L. Miller" <[log in to unmask]> 5/14/2007 9:38 AM >>>
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> Thanks to both Jim Nohrnberg and Stephen Foley for their suggestions.
> I'm travelling and won't be able to consult chapter and verse of the
> Analogy of the FQ until I get home, but it'll be very useful to have the
> references.
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> My thought is that Arthur has done what Britomart was afraid she had,
> i.e. fallen in love with an image.
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> DM
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