John Milton: Paradise Lost

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Syllabus

The course engages with Milton’s ideas through the following eight modules:
  • 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

Prerequisite

None.

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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Dartmouth College

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