jOHN fOWLED
Dates: 3/18/03,2:33 PM through 3/19/03,11:24 AM (4 postings)
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FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 3/18/03, 2:33 PM
FROM: "Melissa Norton" <[removed]@bridgton.lib.me.us>
REC'D: 3/18/03, 2:54 PM
>ummm isn't the John Fowles title THE MAGUS, not THE MAGGOT? The
alternative
>presents interesting possiblities however...:)
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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 3/18/03, 3:00 PM
Fowles wrote both THE MAGUS and A MAGGOT. The latter tells of a UFOical
"close encounter" as seen through the uncomprehending eyes of a group
of 18th century people, and is told in the language of the period. Not
to everyone's taste, I expect, but I remember enjoying it.
for instance
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jfowles.htm
In the murder mystery A MAGGOT (1985) Fowles returned to the layered
structure of The Magus. A group of five people travels in Devon in 1736.
After a night's lodging they continue their journey - and disappear. An
investigation starts, three members of the group are found, but their
testimonies lead to a miracle and a disturbing vision of a contact with
travellers from the future. Although Fowles's atheistic view is undiluted,
he also gives room for religious interpretation of the mystical events.
Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu
FROM: "Warner, Deb" <[removed]@co.durham.nc.us>
REC'D: 3/19/03, 11:24 AM
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