[Milton-L] Biographies, employment

[Marlene Edelstein]

Some to copenhagen and help fight the Blue Meanies - as DK is in the EU there's no age limit. 

believe everything, believe nothing

--- On Sat, 1/11/08, Neil Forsyth <Neil.Forsyth at unil.ch> wrote:

From: Neil Forsyth <Neil.Forsyth at unil.ch>
Subject: [Milton-L] Biographies, employment
To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Date: Saturday, 1 November, 2008, 11:51 PM

Dear Colleagues

At the British Milton seminar last week, Tom Corns invited me to say something
in response to the topic 'Future of Milton Studies'. Unfortunately I
blathered, and thus foolishly missed the chance to say something about my new
biography. The book is indeed designed, as Tom kindly mentioned afterwards, to
attract people beyond the world of Miltonists — ways to 'reach out'
was indeed one of the principle topics of that 'Future' discussion —
but also to help students know what they are getting into, and why it might be
worth doing. The book also offers reasons to encourage our fellows to read
Milton, as do many books being published this year, some of which I have been
reviewing. The new biography by Tom and Gordon Campbell, to which Will Poole
referred, will soon occupy much of the attention of the scholarly community, for
obvious and very good reasons. But the other aspect of our communal efforts,
reaching out to the larger world, will also be assessed when we review what we
have been doing as a community during this anniversary year.

Just in case anyone might be able to help., and while I am pressing the
self-advertising button, may I ask you all to take note that, since I am obliged
by the local system here in Lausanne to retire next year, I would welcome the
chance to continue teaching in a university that does not insist on rigid rules
for retirement. I feel as if I have many good years ahead of me, and some of you
will know that feeling. The system here admits of very little flexibility,
though I have been offered one extra year part-time — all the authorities can
manage, it seems. I'll be coming to San Francisco for the MLA in December,
and in case anyone has any ideas or openings, I'd welcome some suggestions.
I'd be open to 'visiting prof' status, for example, or even to
part-time options, so much do I want to keep teaching. Perhaps my publication
record might encourage some enterprising university to take a chance.

Best wishes to all

Neil Forsyth



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