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Personal and cultural histories of blindness

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    ‘The Odyssey’ BOOK VIII * Featuring the Blind Bard Demodocus

    ‘The Odyssey’ BOOK VIII * Featuring the Blind Bard Demodocus

    Posted on July 27, 2021Blindness and Literature

    In Book VII of The Odyssey we meet Demodocus, the blind bard who is in large part responsible for our association of Homer with blindness. The below text comes from Alexander Pope’s 1726 translation of ...

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    “There Plant Eyes” * A Short Recitation from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’

    “There Plant Eyes” * A Short Recitation from Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’

    Posted on July 19, 2021July 21, 2021Blindness and Literature

    Many have asked, “Where does the title There Plant Eyes, come from?” Well, it’s a quote from Book III of John Milton’s 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost. We’re thrilled to share this There Plant Eyes ...

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