tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post3997732150217122367..comments2024-03-24T09:13:28.758+00:00Comments on The Plashing Vole: How to teach Milton…The Plashing Volehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-88752548027600376242011-05-09T23:25:38.547+01:002011-05-09T23:25:38.547+01:00Book VIII, lines 617-629. "with a smile that ...Book VIII, lines 617-629. "with a smile that glowed celestial rosie red, Loves proper hue" Blushing Raphael tells Adam "Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy'st we enjoy in eminence, and obstacle find none of membrane, joynt, or limb" and 'if Spirits embrace, total they mix, union of pure with pure desiring; nor restrain'd conveyance need as Flesh to mix with Flesh"<br />Easy enough to overlook, Milton liked to be subtle so that people wouldn't lynch him for saying stuff like that.The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-59053728934744756352011-05-09T22:46:08.462+01:002011-05-09T22:46:08.462+01:00To the amazement of everyone, including myself, on...To the amazement of everyone, including myself, once I got into Paradise Lost I actually began to enjoy it...okay, perhaps "enjoy" isn't the right word. Perhaps "tolerate" instead. <br /><br />I found that the successful way of reading it was to take it one Book at a time, and read up on what the Book is on about before you actually read it. Then you have some sense of where it's going, even if you don't understand every word/line.Ewarwoowarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01188994060142858403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-37238363620353224652011-05-09T20:26:58.407+01:002011-05-09T20:26:58.407+01:00I'm not surprised at that Jim!
Red Witch: Adam...I'm not surprised at that Jim!<br />Red Witch: Adam and Eve, not the Angels!The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-38959108466916920992011-05-09T20:13:56.802+01:002011-05-09T20:13:56.802+01:00@Though I did have the fun of teaching a class thi...@Though I did have the fun of teaching a class this year which entirely missed the hot sex scene!<br /><br />I did a double take when I read that bit that angels have sex in heaven. Go, Johnny, Go!The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-62587411526439507012011-05-09T19:32:33.851+01:002011-05-09T19:32:33.851+01:00In fact the clip is painfully familiar.In fact the clip is painfully familiar.Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-58501540973122363972011-05-09T19:21:59.994+01:002011-05-09T19:21:59.994+01:00I teach Paradise Lost but I haven't a fucking ...I teach Paradise Lost but I haven't a fucking clue what it is about.<br /><br />-Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-10904259596716742792011-05-09T18:40:17.341+01:002011-05-09T18:40:17.341+01:00I like and enjoy Milton. Though I did have the fun...I like and enjoy Milton. Though I did have the fun of teaching a class this year which entirely missed the hot sex scene!<br />I love Marvin. He's right about everything!The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153845628469776909.post-44647943552170475422011-05-09T18:31:42.042+01:002011-05-09T18:31:42.042+01:00Someone is in talks to make a film out of Paradise...Someone is in talks to make a film out of Paradise Lost. Maybe they will figure out what it is all about and tell us so we can understand it. I took a course on Milton. Studying Roman poetry helped make some sense of him.<br />Marvin the Robot is awesome, btw. A brain the size of a planet and they ask me if I can make tea. :-)The Red Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731703967439763663noreply@blogger.com