[Milton-L] Paradise Lost memorized by British folk

[Salwa Khoddam]

Re: [Milton-L] Paradise Lost memorized by British folkAmgelica,
Do you already know about the CD recording of Anton Lesser's 1994 reading of PL?  Maybe someone has already mentioned it.
Salwa Khoddam
Professor of English
Oklahoma City University
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Angelica Duran 
  To: John Milton Discussion List 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 11:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Paradise Lost memorized by British folk


  Dear Christy,

  The website for the DVD, http://www.paradiselostperformances.com/history.html, notes that he committed the entire poem to memory in 1993. Perhaps you can clarify for me about your emphasis on performance?  Many thanks.

  Adios,

  Angelica Duran
  Associate Professor
  English and Comparative Literature
  Purdue University
  500 Oval Drive
  West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
  USA
  (765) 496-3957
  <duran0 at purdue.edu>
  <http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/?personid=80>





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  From: christy neary <christy.neary at hotmail.com>
  Reply-To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
  Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:08:52 +0000
  To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
  Subject: RE: [Milton-L] Paradise Lost memorized by British folk

  Dear Angelica, Don't know about others, but John Basinger's piece is a performance of the poem and is available,as you probably know, on DVD.

  Regards,
  Christy



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  Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 09:50:24 -0500
  From: duran0 at purdue.edu
  To: milton-l at lists.richmond.edu
  Subject: [Milton-L] Paradise Lost memorized by British folk

  Dear scholars,

  Thank you for your overwhelming responses to my request for news about marathon readings of Paradise Lost.  I have tried to answer you each individually - I think I am up to date now.

  I hope you can help me answer a question that has emerged from the responses: do you know of any recitations from memory of Paradise Lost by British folk or women?  I am following up on reports of memorized recitations by John Basinger (Three Rivers Community College), Harold Bloom (Yale), Douglas Pfieffer (SUNY-Stony Brook), Balachandra Rajan (U of Western Ontario), and even a spunky student in Singapore.

  Off-list responses much appreciated.

  Adios,

  Angelica Duran
  Associate Professor
  English and Comparative Literature
  Purdue University
  500 Oval Drive
  West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
  USA
  (765) 496-3957
  <duran0 at purdue.edu>
  <http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/directory/?personid=80>





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