[Milton-L] Recitations of PL
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>Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:35:09 +0000 (GMT)
>From: Marlene Edelstein <malkaruth2000 at yahoo.co.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Recitations of PL
>To: John Milton Discussion List <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
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>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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>
>
>believe everything, believe nothing
>
>--- On Fri, 12/6/09, Angelica Duran <duran0 at purdue.edu> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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> 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
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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:
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> 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
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> Jim R
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> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:31 PM, Angelica Duran < duran0 at purdue.edu >
> wrote:
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> 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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