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As I write my last blog for my Milton class, I’m in a bit of a Milton brain freeze/frieze.
With only two days to go before I should turn in my Milton paper, I am rushing to make connections between his p […]

From what I understand of all the ways the word “sweetness” is used in Paradise Lost,  it primarily means soul piercing. Bliss. According to the OED, there are many gradations or meanings of the adjective “swe […]

During our April 14, 2022 class, we discussed Book VIII and  the creation of Eve and how her existence allowed Adam to have collateral love. Raphael visits with Adam, trying to convince Adam to be careful. To not […]

In Dr. C’s Milton class last week, we read Book VI and VII.  After the three-day war in Heaven, God brings in the heavy lifter–his Son–to stop the War and remove the rebel angels, including their leader, Lucife […]

Dr. C. pointed out similarities in class last Tuesday on the making of art by characters, namely Eve, and Milton’s creating verse for Paradise Lost.
In Book V, Eve prepares a meal and breaks bread with Adam and t […]

In class last week, Dr. C showed us more examples of Milton’s efforts to change the way we see the world. Book IV of Paradise Lost is an artful chapter in that we examine through Milton’s eyes the artfulness of […]

Book III, Lines  498-549
This week I was reading Book III the Staircase stanzas, and I couldn’t make out  the details as Milton may have intended.
Was Satan in limbo land, the Paradise of Fools, on the rim of the […]

In my first glimpse of Book III, I read a passage where God is speaking to his son and I’ll admit, the  critical voice was not what I expected.
Here’s an excerpt (lines 97-100):
He and his faithless progeny: Whos […]

According to Dr. C, there are many flags to watch out for in reading Paradise Lost, and last week in our introduction to Book 1, he gave us tips on how to navigate. A biggie is “don’t assume” because it makes […]

More to follow….

Lately, since we read two of Milton’s prose pamphlets in Dr. C’s class, including The Reason of Church Government, I’ve been considering, in a good way, how I might apply some of Milton’s prose style choices […]

Did Milton ever refuse a request to write and contribute? Did he ever say “never again”?
Based on his representation as a poet, a student, and a scholar, it seemed as if he were often summoned to write poems (an […]

I used to be in an improv company in the early 2000’s. We called ourself No Name Improv. One of the main principles we tried to honor was to avoid saying “no” and denying an idea or situation introduced on stage […]

I write this blog in a state of anxiety. While I know of John Milton, I have never read Paradise Lost nor entered the Milton universe. I am a Miltonaut in training. I search for what feels like blank sky for a […]

Step 1:In your group , brainstorm a list of potentially interesting questions about a commonplace object. What questions do you have about this thing? What questions do you have about this category of things? […]