[Milton-L] Recitations of PL

[Angelica Duran]

Dear Marlene Edelstein,

I have just completed an article on marathon readings on Paradise Lost in
non-academic settings, and am not completing a chapter on marathon readings
of the epic in academic settings.  Could you tell me if the marathon reading
you describe below was done in English or Danish?

I look forward to hearing from you.  Many thanks.

Adios,
Angelica Duran
Associate Professor, English and Comparative Literature
Director, Religious Studies
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>





From: Marlene Edelstein <malkaruth2000 at yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:10:05 +0000 (GMT)
To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL

I am filled with awe and envy when I read about commitment to Paradise Lost
throughout the world. In September 2007 I organised a full-text reading at
Copenhagen University. It was a great success, with the participation not
only of students and academic staff but of a number of readers from outside
the university. Now, in this year when we should be celebrating Milton, such
an event seems impossible. The English department has been relegated to
being a section of an Institute of modern languages and English literature
has almost been starved out of existence. No-one in authority cares a whit
about Milton - or Shakespeare, for that matter, or whatever we recognise as
the soul of our subject. Those few of us left who care about literature
pre-1900 are demoralised to the point of paralysis, and there would now be
no support for Milton readings or symposiums.
         Is this happening elsewhere?
 
                Marlene R. Edelstein

believe everything, believe nothing

--- On Fri, 31/10/08, Jean E. Graham <graham at tcnj.edu> wrote:
> From: Jean E. Graham <graham at tcnj.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
> To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Date: Friday, 31 October, 2008, 9:55 PM
> 
> My Milton students are organizing a reading this semester--only the 2nd time
> I've done it.
> 
> Jean Graham
> 
> Jean E. Graham
> Associate Professor of English
> The College of New Jersey
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judith Herz" <jherz at alcor.concordia.ca>
> To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 4:43:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
> 
> 
> 
> -- Harold Bloom could and did.
> -- I have from time to time done readings with my Milton
> course. 
> Judith Herz 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James Rovira
> To: John Milton Discussion List
> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 2:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
> 
> Aren't there legendary accounts of Harold Bloom reciting PL from memory?
> There's a reference to this in _Historicizing Theory_ by Marc Redfield,
> footnote 17 on p. 230:
> 
> http://books.google.com/books?id=X9ambmYA5qcC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=harold+blo
> om+reciting+paradise+lost+from+memory&source=web&ots=InTV65rs5L&sig=AtRSrGiGp2
> dzAGgRccx1x-f6KiE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result
> 
> 
> Jim R 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Angelica Duran < duran0 at purdue.edu >
> wrote: 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear scholars, 
> 
> I am finishing up a paper on oral readings of Paradise Lost . I have enough
> but
> I would like to be as comprehensive as possible. Please contact me off-list if
> you know of or have participated in the following:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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