15 Apr
2001
15 Apr
'01
5:17 p.m.
I'm reading Auden's Lectures on Shakespeare, which reminds me that Avon often literally sounds like a bastard--i.e., someone like Edmund in King Lear or Faulconbridge in King John--someone who has been dispossessed from society for reasons completely beyond his control. Does anyone know of any stories based on the premise that the rather, ah, fraught relationship between Blake and Avon stems from Blake's repudiation of his family's status and wealth--that Avon would have been perfectly happy to accept if it weren't for their father's being married to Blake's mother rather than to Avon's?
-(Y)