8/13/2023 0 Comments Radi os by ronald johnson![]() ![]() ![]() In "Radi os" Mr Johnson is doing what all our great poets have done-the inhabiting of a master and the finding in that master's work a work of one's own. So, while I salute the good folks at Flood press, I lament the loss of the original type, which is as much a part of the art of the poem as the text itself. It would be a shame to lose Johnson's introductory remarks and nods to Blake I'd argue that this is a more fundamental loss-we've lost the poem itself. The fact that it is facsimile, and not a transcription, is crucial to a reader's interaction with the poem-the original positioning of the text on the erased page refers us more forcefully, more directly, to Milton's original (as well as Milton's own erasures and recoveries). ![]() The original 1976 Sand Dollar edition is a facsimile reproduction of Johnson's erasure of a 1892 edition of the poem. RADI OS, as an erasure of Milton's Paradise Lost, is deeply invested in the material of Milton's text. While I'm ecstatic that anyone would be doing their part to get Johnson's name back onto bookshelves, I'm disappointed, in this case, that the words haven't made it back onto the shelves as well. I'm assuming that this is referring to the recent Flood edition. ![]()
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