false 15997 135 Edited with an introduction and notes by John Leonard. 1031493 book 1667 Paradise Lost total:8625|5:2849|4:2617|3:2165|2:725|1:269| 8625 32927 13073 578 5 14 false false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1994 Wed Apr 18 15:04:58 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 18 15:13:54 -0700 2007
My professor had done his PhD work on Milton and taught with a contagious passion. So much p...more...]]> 4 15 false false Thu Jun 21 17:28:05 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 21 18:20:52 -0700 2007 on the road...more...]]> 1 5 false false Sat Jul 26 12:10:09 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 12:13:29 -0700 2008 Inferno about disagreeing with a work yet still admiring it as a literary and cultural contribution… I confess my antagonism against Paradise Lost. It’s hard for me to think of another book for which my feelings run so hot. I understand that L...more...]]> 5 3 false false Wed May 21 16:10:17 -0700 2008 Wed May 21 18:15:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Thu Apr 24 22:44:55 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 24 19:18:18 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 24 22:33:19 -0700 2008
Had I read this book with the perspective of a student, or perhaps even as a potential instructor, I suspect my view of the twelv...more...]]> 5 6 false false Mon Aug 20 02:57:35 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 01:51:40 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 01:57:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 17:51:40 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:26:36 -0700 2009
Paradise Lost is a poetic exegesis of the first three chapters...more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Mar 10 06:48:09 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 07:01:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 12 17:26:49 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 04:32:29 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 17:26:49 -0700 2009 5 10 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 17:08:24 -0800 2008 Sun Sep 06 22:58:21 -0700 2009 1 (Joint review with JORDAN)

[A projection room somewhere in Hollywood. Two middle-aged men are looking at a screen, currently empty:]

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER: [for it is he:] Okay Mike, now you've been playing this pretty close to your chest. Show me what you've got.

MICHAE...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 08 13:30:50 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 29 02:05:17 -0700 2009
The story lying at the heart of Paradise Lost was one I really wanted to read. I've heard many times that Satan is portrayed as the sympathetic figure, that he's honest about the absurdity of rebellion against the ultimate powe...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 03:53:10 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 06:49:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 13:52:55 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 14:07:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 25 00:07:40 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 17:53:32 -0700 2007 Paradise Lost is such a work. It nails its subject matter, picking up after the fall of Satan, showing the first debate in the co...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun May 13 19:36:47 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 15 12:54:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Fri May 09 21:41:16 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 20:06:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Sep 13 08:38:41 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 13 09:43:04 -0700 2007
"Paradise Lost" is what epic poetry is meant to be. It's influenced our society more than most people ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Wed Feb 04 07:48:01 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 09:48:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 29 14:11:45 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 14:30:23 -0800 2009
O, for that warning voice, which he who saw
Th’ Apocalyps, heard cry in Heaven aloud,
Then when the Dragon, put to second rout,
Came furious down to be reveng’d on men,
Wo to the inhabitants on E...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 13:31:07 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 14:03:04 -0700 2009 4 or so - Wordsworth
- Shelley
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- T.S. Eliot (as a young man c...more...]]>