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Tells the story of a bushman who is losing his sight and his attempts to remain optimistic.
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Ways of Seeing : Henry Lawson's 'Going Blind'
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 9 no. 3 1980; (p. 298-308) Kiernan argues that "Going Blind" dramatizes the relationship between imagination and reality. Homesickness and nostalgia cloud the main character's memory of the bush, but Kiernan concludes that while it is important to acknowledge the "real", one needs the ideal to sustain one in adversity and to enable a sympathetic rapport with others.
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Ways of Seeing : Henry Lawson's 'Going Blind'
1980
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 9 no. 3 1980; (p. 298-308) Kiernan argues that "Going Blind" dramatizes the relationship between imagination and reality. Homesickness and nostalgia cloud the main character's memory of the bush, but Kiernan concludes that while it is important to acknowledge the "real", one needs the ideal to sustain one in adversity and to enable a sympathetic rapport with others.
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