ENG 227 - Milton

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Wellesley College

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Noggle Milton helped set the standard of literary power for generations of writers after him. His epic Paradise Lost exemplifies poetic inspiration, sublimity, creativity, originality, and unconventionality, offering a richness of meaning and emotion that seems to provoke violently incom-patible interpretations, even radical uncertainty about whether his work is good or bad. This course will focus on how Milton's poem chal-lenges and expands our views of God, evil, heroism, Hell, good, Heaven, pain, bliss, sex, sin, and failure in startling ways. We will consider Milton as the prototype of a new kind of poet who pushed meaning to its limit, from his early writings, to Paradise Lost, to Paradise Re-gain'd at his career's end, and sample the range of critical responses his poetry has elicited . Prerequisite: None Distribution: Language and Literature Semester: Spring Unit: 1.0

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wellesley.edu

Phone Number:

(781) 283-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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