ENGL 220: Milton
Lecture 10 - God and Mammon: The Wealth of Literary Memory. This second lecture on Paradise Lost looks at hell and its inhabitants, as depicted in Books I and II. Milton's struggle both to match and outdo his literary predecessors is examined by way of allusions to the works of Homer and Edmund Spenser, particularly the cave of Mammon episode in Book Two of The Faerie Queene. The presence of classical mythological figures, such as Medusa and Mulciber, in the Christian hell of Paradise Lost is pondered, along with early distinctions in the poem, frequently blurred, between good and evil, beautiful and ugly, and heaven and hell. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 10 - God and Mammon: The Wealth of Literary Memory |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Was Memory the Source of Milton's Poetic Inspiration? |
| [00:04:03] | 2. Milton Defends the Divine Authority behind His Poem |
| [00:08:02] | 3. "Paradise Lost": A Literary Fantasy of Forgetfulness |
| [00:16:22] | 4. The Cave of Mammon and the Theme of Temptation |
| [00:24:36] | 5. Analyzing "Paradise Lost" |
| References |
| Lecture 10 - God and Mammon: The Wealth of Literary Memory Instructor: Professor John Rogers. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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