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CR Episode 10: Paradise Lost, Book X
The panel tackles the difficult problems of Adam's guilt, the nature of heavenly justice and its parallels with English Common Law, Milton's concepti…
6 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 9: Paradise Lost, Book IX
The panel discusses the ninth book of Paradise Lost, with a special focus on Milton's depictions of gender roles, guilt and innocence, division of la…
6 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 8: Paradise Lost, Book VIII
The panel considers whether the Garden of Eden required a robust space exploration programme (yes), whether Angels are real (yes), whether human bein…
6 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 7: Paradise Lost, Book VII
The panel examines the moment of creation, the etymological development of atheism and chaos, divine warnings against transgressing the proper bounds…
6 years, 8 months ago
CR Episode 6: Paradise Lost, Book VI
The panel welcomes Zac Watson as special guest to discuss questions about Paradise Lost, before examining the War in Heaven, Classical cosmogeny, Sat…
6 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 5: Paradise Lost, Book V
Clinton and Dr. Cooper examine the fifth book of John Milton's Paradise Lost, with a particular focus on Milton's Arian Christology and whether Satan…
6 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 4: Paradise Lost, Book IV
The panel examines John Milton's prosody (particularly in the light of Dr. Johnson's comments) and reflects upon his troublesome Christology and pote…
6 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 3: Paradise Lost, Book III
The panel discusses the third book of John Milton's Paradise Lost, with special attention on aspects including the ambiguously diabolical imagery of …
6 years, 9 months ago
CR Episode 2: Paradise Lost, Book II
The panel discusses Book II of John Milton's Paradise Lost, with a focus on the fallen angels as an inversion of divine imagery, the politics and plo…
6 years, 10 months ago
CR Episode 1: Paradise Lost, Book I
In the first episode of Critical Readings, the panel begins a twelve-week discussion of Milton's Paradise Lost, with discussion focused on the poem's…
6 years, 10 months ago