Milton - Video

This second lecture on Paradise Lost looks at hell and its inhabitants, as depicted in Books I and II. Milton's struggle... Read more

This lecture on Books Seven and Eight of Paradise Lost focuses on Milton's account of the Creation. The poet's persisten... Read more

This lecture examines Book Four's depiction of Adam and Eve and the sexual politics of life in Eden. Seventeenth-century... Read more

The description of human sexual hierarchy in Book Four of Paradise Lost is contrasted with the depiction of angelic hier... Read more

In this second lecture on Book Three of Paradise Lost, the dialogue between God and the Son in heaven is explored with p... Read more

Book Nine and the depiction of the Fall are presented. Adam and Eve's dialogue -- especially their perspectives on labor... Read more

Milton's characteristic use of simile is explored in Books One and Two of Paradise Lost. Particular attention is paid to... Read more

This second lecture on the Fall traces Milton's use of the word wander, in all of its forms, across the poem. The transf... Read more

This lecture focuses on the invocation to light at the beginning of Book Three of Paradise Lost. Milton's factual and fi... Read more

Books Eleven and Twelve of Paradise Lost and their radical departure from the poem's previous style are discussed. The t... Read more