DWill suggested to me that it might be fun to have another go, as a group, at a poem or collection of poems (we tried, "A Shropshire Lad" -- remember?).
Paradise Lost
We could approach this in a similar way that is used for fiction and non-fiction selections. If enough folks are interested, Chris might even give us a whole thread next to Fiction and Non-fiction, for this purpose. DWill also mentioned including drama and I think it would fit in nicely. A thread could be set up, so that we go bit by bit through the poem. In fact, Paradise Lost is broken up into 12 "books", so that would work well. Lines or stanzas could be posted as necessary, but generally no need to post the poem - I think.
Well, what do you say DWill, want to lead us through?
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Re: Paradise Lost, anyone?
Let's see now: "Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree" something, something, something. It's starting to come back to me. The Milton prof. made us memorize the first paragraph of this extravagant, outlandish poem, so many years ago. This is almost a foreign poem to a modern age, but can you envision doing it anyway? Thanks to Saffron for putting it up, because I was thinking it might not have any wings at all. And it might not, but I'm certainly williing to give it a try. The aspect of Satan as hero of Paradise Lost is just one of the many interests people might find, who won't be reading this thinking that Milton will justify God's ways to man. The scholarship can really go crazy on this-- not my thing, really, but I can think of at least one fellow who can run away with that (you there, Thomas Hood?) I like the poem for its extremes, probably. It can be awesome in visual sweep, dark and stern, tender and lyrical, pious and dogmatic, of course wordy and baroque, but not often boring for me. It is naturally very far from contemporary in its social and religious outlook. Though written well after Shakespeare's plays, it seems much less modern.Saffron wrote:DWill suggested to me that it might be fun to have another go, as a group, at a poem or collection of poems (we tried, "A Shropshire Lad" -- remember?).
Paradise Lost
Well, what do you say DWill, want to lead us through?
I would imagine that any edition you get a hold of will be standard in terms of line numbering. Footnotes may help!
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Re: Paradise Lost, anyone?
If you use the link on the first post of this thread, there are very helpful footnotes. In fact, here is the link again.DWill wrote: I would imagine that any edition you get a hold of will be standard in terms of line numbering. Footnotes may help!
Paradise Lost with footnotes
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Re: Paradise Lost, anyone?
DWill, I'm here, but Milton is heavy lifting.DWill wrote: (you there, Thomas Hood?)
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