This post is part of an ongoing academic wonder concerning the work of John Milton, specifically Paradise Lost. The post is incomplete and contains many notes from Dr. Griffin's Fall '22 Georgia Southern University class. THE ARGUMENT Satan now in prospect of Eden, and nigh the place where he must now attempt the bold enterprize which he undertook alone against God and … [Read more...] about Paradise Lost, Book IV, John Milton
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Eavan Boland
Work in progress: The work began in and much can be attributed to Dr. Joe Pellegrino's 19th and 20th Century British Literature Fall '22 class at Georgia Southern University. 1944 Eavan Aisling Boland born on September 24, in Dublin, Ireland. Her father is a distinguished Irish diplomat who served as Irish ambassador to Great Britain (1950-1956) and to the United States … [Read more...] about Eavan Boland
Seamus Heaney
Work in progress: The work began in and much can be attributed to Dr. Joe Pellegrino's 19th and 20th Century British Literature Fall '22 class at Georgia Southern University. 1939 SH born on April 19, the eldest of nine children, to Margaret and Patrick Heaney, at the family farm, Mossbawn, about 30 miles northwest of Belfast in County Derry. 1951 SH wins a … [Read more...] about Seamus Heaney
Paradise Lost, John Milton
Questions: This article was began on October 17, 2022 as work in Dr. Julia Griffin's class on Milton at Georgia Southern University. The background work that began in the same class can be found here. Early Modern English Period- KJV Bible notable work- Other notable Robert Herrick, Samuel Pepys (pronounced Peeps), James Boswell, Samuel Johnson- literature was starting … [Read more...] about Paradise Lost, John Milton
New Appreciation of Poetry
I am sitting in a Brit Lit class. It's too cold. There is a Stevie Smith poem on the board. "Sunt Leones." There is a highly capable professor in the front of the room and some really smart people populate the room. I can't figure out what the conversation has to do with the poem. Instead, the conversation revolves around the history of religion. I suppose that is loosely … [Read more...] about New Appreciation of Poetry