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8. Paradise Lost.
Farewel happy Fields
Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail
Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell
Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings
A mind not to be chang’d by Place or Time.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
[...] Here at least
We shall be free; th’ Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav’n.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost uses haunting, powerful poetry to retell the
biblical story of Adam and Eve’s sin and exile from the Garden of Eden. But
Chris and Suzanne still struggle with Milton’s personality and theology. They
discuss the characters, including a famously compelling depiction of Satan;
Milton’s use of other texts, including the Metamorphoses; and the text’s
troubling gender politics.
Show Notes.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost. [Project
Gutenberg,
Bookshop.]
The Tree of Knowledge, by Eva Figes, is a novel
about Milton’s daughter Deborah [NYTimes
review].
Thoughts on Milton and his
daughters.
More images of Milton and his
daughters.
Everybody wants a piece of
Milton.
Gustave Doré’s illustrations for Paradise
Lost.
William Blake’s illustrations for Paradise
Lost.
Blake’s illuminated book Milton: A
Poem.
Next episode: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (the 1818
version). Also on Project Gutenberg.
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By Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma
4.8
3030 ratings
Farewel happy Fields
Where Joy for ever dwells: Hail horrours, hail
Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell
Receive thy new Possessor: One who brings
A mind not to be chang’d by Place or Time.
The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.
[...] Here at least
We shall be free; th’ Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav’n.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost uses haunting, powerful poetry to retell the
biblical story of Adam and Eve’s sin and exile from the Garden of Eden. But
Chris and Suzanne still struggle with Milton’s personality and theology. They
discuss the characters, including a famously compelling depiction of Satan;
Milton’s use of other texts, including the Metamorphoses; and the text’s
troubling gender politics.
Show Notes.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost. [Project
Gutenberg,
Bookshop.]
The Tree of Knowledge, by Eva Figes, is a novel
about Milton’s daughter Deborah [NYTimes
review].
Thoughts on Milton and his
daughters.
More images of Milton and his
daughters.
Everybody wants a piece of
Milton.
Gustave Doré’s illustrations for Paradise
Lost.
William Blake’s illustrations for Paradise
Lost.
Blake’s illuminated book Milton: A
Poem.
Next episode: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (the 1818
version). Also on Project Gutenberg.
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