ENGL 220: Milton
Lecture 01 - Introduction: Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton. An introduction to John Milton: man, poet, and legend. Milton's place at the center of the English literary canon is asserted, articulated, and examined through a discussion of Milton's long, complicated association with literary power. The conception of Miltonic power and its calculated use in political literature is analyzed in the feminist writings of Lady Mary Chudleigh, Mary Astell, and Virginia Woolf. Later the god-like qualities often ascribed to Miltonic authority are considered alongside Satan's excursus on the constructed nature of divine might in Paradise Lost, and the notorious character's method of analysis is shown to be a useful mode of encountering the author himself. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 01 - Introduction: Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Introduction: Milton's Power as a Poet |
| [00:15:37] | 2. Lady Mary Chudleigh on Milton and the Priority of the Sexes |
| [00:19:42] | 3. Mary Astell on Milton and the Priority of the Sexes |
| [00:24:03] | 4. Virginia Woolf on Milton and the Priority of the Sexes |
| [00:32:20] | 5. Milton, Power and the Revolution against God by Satan |
| References |
| Lecture 1 - Introduction: Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton Instructor: Professor John Rogers. Handout: Introduction to Milton [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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