[Milton-L] dictating PL

[Diane McColley]

To what extent is it thought that Milton dictated the spelling and 
punctuation?

On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:13 AM, J. W. Creaser wrote:

> Try Darbishire,'Early Lives', pp. 33 and 291. Richardson gives some 40 
> lines a night, but of course he's a generation or two later.
> John Creaser
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>  From: Margaret Thickstun
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>
> I'm sure I could find this information if I were to look in the 
> biographies, but this path seems easier.  My students asked, "about 
> how many lines of Paradise Lost did Milton compose on a given night?"  
> Does anyone on the list have a ballpark answer?
>
>  Thanks.--Margie
>
> Margaret Thickstun
> Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of English
> Hamilton College
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