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John Milton: Paradise Lost
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Syllabus
- What is an epic poem? What is an epic hero?
- Milton’s Epic Verse
- How is Milton’s Satan heroic? And not?
- Milton’s God
- Marriage—The New Heroic Subject?
- The Bible Story and Milton’s Story
- Political Ideology in Paradise Lost: What are the Origins of Tyranny and Slavery?
- Genres in Paradise Lost
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Instructors
Thomas H. Luxon
Professor of English
Dartmouth College
Michael Goudzwaard
Instructional Designer
Dartmouth College
Dan Maxell Crosby
Visual Storyteller
Dartmouth College
Laura Braunstein
Digital Humanities Librarian
Dartmouth College
Wendel Cox
Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian
Dartmouth College
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