[Milton-L] Fw: "Milton Regained . . ." by Charles McGrath

[Jesse Swan]

I agree with Carrol Cox .  (I don't imagine that means nearly as much as 
it might to some if it were coming from a Professor Leonard or Fish, but 
that must be part of the issue, and I couldn't resist.)

jesse

Jesse G. Swan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the University Faculty
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0502
319/273-2089



Carol Barton wrote:
> Because he's *not,* Carroll.
>
> Because when the City of London wanted to put up a plaque saying only 
> "poet," and I proposed that they add "statesman," I had to write a 
> brief justifying that augmentation. To employees of the Corporation of 
> London. In England. Within walking distance from the place where he 
> was born. Within a couple of miles of most of the houses in which he 
> resided, during his lifetime.
>
> You will soon be able to read it for yourself on a website that Lord 
> Howe asked me to prepare, chronicling the history of the plaque. It's 
> only in draft right now, subject to vetting.
>
> Because today the Earl Howe and Sir Michael Savory--in England, in 
> London, in the Bread Street Ward--have been asked by the Prince of 
> Wales to help him re-educate the British nation concerning him.
>
> If my "protesting too much" while you protest not at all means 
> anything, then I accept the charge of not having grown up. Milton has, 
> in my estimation, endured real and imagined insults for far too long. 
> In his quadricentenary, it's high time we spoke up.
>
> Best to all,
>
> Carol Barton
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
> To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Fw: "Milton Regained . . ." by Charles McGrath
>
>
>> When I was in grad school 50 years ago I too would get all hot under the
>> collar when someone (in my estimation) aspersed one of the writers most
>> dear to me (in chronological order, Milton, Pope, Austen, Pound) --  but
>> I grew up and ceased to worry about such things. Perhaps it's time for
>> Milton scholars to grow up as well. Of course men and women of great
>> achievement (past and present) are going to attract real and imagined
>> insults. So what. Why are Milton scholars so extraordinarily sensitive.
>> One is nearly tempted to mutter, Methinks the lady doth protest too
>> much. Gee -- he is a poet almost universally regarded with awe; why all
>> the hullabaloo.
>>
>> Carrol
>>
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Jesse G. Swan, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of the University Faculty
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0502
319/273-2089