[Milton-L] another version of Adam and Eve

[gilliaca at jmu.edu]

I come again with something aslant our topic.

When I taught the undergraduate Milton course, I would, early in our reading of PL, bring to class paintings and other illustrations of the fall, to show how artists have interpreted the narrative.  If I were still teaching, I would be making copies of something quite interesting in the lastest [June 8 and 15] New Yorker.

In the midst of its annual fiction issue is an illustrated version of the two creation stories from Genesis - by the cartoonist B. Crumb.

His muscular and solid Adam and Eve certainly fit the narrative.  He will publish an illustrated Genesis in the fall, and I hope to get a copy.

Meanwhile, enjoy this unexpected treat. I hope all of you are enjoying a summer of resortation!

C
Cynthia A. Gilliatt
English Department, JMU, ret.
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