Andrew Marvell admits he had his doubts about Paradise Lost: When I beheld the Poet blind, yet bold, In slender Book his vast Design unfol...

This post is a bit long, and not finished. Just trying to tie together several threads that emerged from our close look at Book 5 of Paradi...

Scientific American : Can culture be decoded like a genome? A team from Harvard University has teamed up with Google to crack the spines of ...

At the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Pete: Theater in Ancient Art : The William Knight Zewadski Collection This exhibition of approximately 50...

A few links pursuant to our discussion today of Book 5 of Paradise Lost: The author of the treatise on the angels entitled Celestial Hierarc...

This image of Milton's daughter taking down the poetry of Paradise Lost is by Swiss-born painter Henry Fuseli . Jutta had shared it some...

As has been mentioned before, Verity's notes to Paradise Lost, some of which are available online, are quite sensible and useful. His no...

Jutta sends along a review of a substantial new book about early modern ways of thinking about science, labor, and the public sphere. Labor...

The natural language and ordering of the world as found in Adam and Eve's morning orison, and in Raphael's description of the system...

A fine essay by Joan Bakewell about reading, the work of contemplation, and the precarious situation of public libraries in the UK. A BBC po...

Jutta sends a note: In the latest PMLA they were advisements for several Milton books by Duquesne U P.   (800 666-2211) Visionary Milton. ...