[Milton-L] Recitations of PL

Sun Jun 14 04:35:09 EDT 2009

It was in English, of course! And although it took place at the university, it was actually in the student's cafe on a Saturday, and the majority of the readers were from outside the university. 

                  cheerzM

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--- On Fri, 12/6/09, Angelica Duran <duran0 at purdue.edu> wrote:

From: Angelica Duran <duran0 at purdue.edu>
Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
Date: Friday, 12 June, 2009, 7:46 PM

Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
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

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From: Marlene Edelstein <malkaruth2000 at yahoo.co.uk>

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Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:10:05 +0000 (GMT)

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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

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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>

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Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 4:43:51 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern

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-- 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+bloom+reciting+paradise+lost+from+memory&source=web&ots=InTV65rs5L&sig=AtRSrGiGp2dzAGgRccx1x-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

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