Podcasts about John Milton

PopaHALLics #141 "Sing Me a Song"A folk duo's pricey gig for one rich prerson. A utopian paradise hiding a dark secret. A serial killer tale: Is it real true-crime or made-up horror? And who IS Kate's favorite Mr. Darcy in "Pride & Prejudice"?Theaters:"The Ballad of Walllis Island," written by Tim Key and Tom Basden and directed by James Griffiths. An eccentric lottery winner (Key) recruits his favorite musical duo (Basden and Carey Mulligan) to play a private concert on his remote island home in this British comedy/drama. But old feelings and tensions threaten his dream gig.Streaming:"Paradise," Hulu. In this political thriller set in an underground bunker after a doomsday event, a Secret Service agent (Sterling K. Brown) comes under suspicion of killing the President of the United States (James Marsden) "Slow Horses," Apple TV.+  In the riveting third season of this spy thriller, the MI5 rejects at Slough House must find the abducted Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) and a sensitive file. All six episodes of the fourth season about the search for a London bomber are available."Pride and Prejudice" (2005), available on Netflix, Prime, Apple TV+, etc. Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyn star in Jane Austen's classic tale of the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a country gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. Books:"Chasing the Boogeyman," by Richard Chizmar. The author narrates, first-person, how a serial killer terrorized his small Maryland hometown. But is this gripping story true crime or horror fiction? Compelling, creative, and scary."Lady MacBeth," by Ava Reid. In this reimagining of Shakespeare's most famous villainess, the Lady has a voice, a past, and witchy powers she needs to survive her husband, a Scottish brute, and his hostile court.The John Milton thriller series, by Mark Dawson. One of the world's deadliest assassins tries to give it up and help people as a way of making amends to those he killed. The British government who "created" him wants him dead. Jack Reacher fans will find a lot to like in this series (24-some books)."Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead," by Olga Tokarczuk. An eccentric recluse on the Czech/Polish border becomes convinced she knows why dead bodies keep turning up around her. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.Music:PopaHALLics #141 Playlist (Wallis Island)  features the folky music of the film "The Ballad of Wallis Island."Click through the links above to wat

John Milton—the sixteenth-century blind Puritan poetic genius, reviled by some, beloved by most, second in greatness only to Shakespeare—pens an epic poem: Paradise Lost. In astonishing beauty and depth, he retells the tragic fall of man in the Garden of Eden. But did he make Satan the poem's hero?    Dr. Grant Horner, Professor of English, Renaissance, and Reformation at the Masters University, will help us find out, in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education. You can learn more about Dr. Horner's book, John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue, by clicking this link. 

Is genuine originality a realistic goal for artists?From fashion to fantasy, entertainment to enterprise, we seek the 'new' as the means to originality, change, and creativity. And for the most part, we imagine the new is always identifiable as a radical break from the past. But the nature of the new is more elusive and unknown than it first appears. Is the new an illusion, and the search for originality a mistake? Should creative endeavour be focussed on other goals, such as the timeless, the provocative, and the beautiful? Or is the new an essential part of life, creativity and action, without which we would have mere passive re-orderings of the known?Martin Puchner is a literary critic and philosopher. He is the Byron and Anita Wien Chair of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Claire Hynes is Associate Professor in Literature & Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and an author of fiction and creative non-fiction. Stanley Fish is a literary critic, legal scholar, and public intellectual. Renowned for his role in developing reader-response theory in literary studies, Fish has written on a wide range of topics including the poetry of John Milton, the distinction between free speech and academic freedom, and the doctrine of liberalism. And don't hesitate to email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is my message to the Jews. It follows up on my video about Christian/Muslim relations. I mention Elon Musk, Philo of Alexandria, Caligula, Suetonius, Claudius, Prescilla, Aquila, Gallio, Sosthenes, Jusitn Martyr, Trypho, Simon Bar Kokhba, Polycarp, Constantine, Athanasius of Alexandria, Caiaphas, Paul of Samosata, Photinus of Galatia, Arius, Constantius II, Gregory of Nyssa, Hank Kruse, Theodosius the Great, Ambrose of Milan, Julian the Apostate, Aphrahat the Persian Sage, Nestorius of Constantinople, Justinian the Great, John Calvin, Michael Servetus, Marian Hillar, Lelio and Fausto Sozzini, Malcolm Collins, John Locke, Andrzej Wiszowaty, Samuel Przypkowski, Isaac Newton, John Milton, Benedict Spinoza, Pierre Bayle, Voltaire, David Hume, Joseph Priestly, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, Hannah Adams, Mordecai Noah, The Apostle Paul, and more.

On revolution, epic poetry, John Milton, and freedom. George and contributing editor Alex Gourevitch talk to Orlando Reade, who teaches English at Northeastern University London.  We discuss Orlando's new book What In Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost and the history of readings of John Milton's great epic poem. Is Paradise Lost a poem about darkness? What does a poem written in the seventeenth century have to tell us about the age of Trump and the contemporary Right? What can we learn about freedom today from the rebellious Satan in the poem? Or the disobedient Eve? What did Malcolm X get from the poem and why is Jordan Peterson so hot on epic poetry? Links: What In Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost, Orlando Reade, Penguin John Milton's Paradise Lost Mourned a Revolution Betrayed, Orlando Reade, Jacobin Why Is the Right Obsessed With Epic Poetry?, Orlando Reade, The Nation

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.public.newsNo country did more than Britain to establish the values of free speech and equal justice under the law. In 1215, King John issued the Magna Carta, which established that even the king was subject to equal justice under the law, and in 1644, John Milton published his famous defense of free speech.That tradition is now at grave risk of being destroyed, says UK journalist and professor Matt Goodwin. He says that the arrest by six police officers of a father who complained on WhatsApp about the local school “is merely the latest symbol of a much broader assault on free speech and free expression.” And it comes at a time when the government's Sentencing Council is recommending that judges give preference to non-white criminal defendants, undermining the principle of equal justice under the law.

"Hagar Qim, on the south western edge of Malta, is one of the oldest built structures in the world. Over 5000 years old, this megalithic temple overlooks the dazzling blue Mediterranean. In 2008, canopies were constructed to protect these monuments from further elemental damage. Small birds, mainly sparrows, have now made their home among the high eaves of these shelters, their calls echoing through the temple. This spot is unusually far from the traffic and urban noise that dominates much of the island, and I was able to record the bird sounds as I walked up the stony cliff path towards the temple.  "To me, sparrows are one of the characteristic sounds of the Maltese islands, along with the sound of the sea and the ringing of church bells, none of which you are ever far from. My piece merges my own field recordings of these three quintessential Maltese sounds with something very personal. My grandfather was a teacher and writer from Mqabba, a tiny village near Hagar Qim. When he retired, he undertook a labour of love in translating John Milton's epic poem “Paradise Lost” into Maltese. I recorded my own father, born and bred in Malta, but now sadly in ill health, reciting some of his father's translation of this famous poem telling the story of the Garden of Eden and humanity's loss of paradise, along with his own reminiscences, including his own birth in 1941 in a building called Milton House. I am aware that time is running on, and this may have been my last opportunity to work with my father on such a piece.  "The final link in this chain from Malta's past to my present is my own whispered voice reading the equivalent passages from Milton's original work, which I studied as an English undergraduate many years ago, and a simple synthesiser melody referencing Bach's C major prelude/Ave Maria, a piece close to my heart which I sometimes play as a duet with my own young son. The ancient past of Malta, in the bird filled paradise of Hagar Qim, entwines with the Christian and colonial roots of the island today, Maltese and English, pagan and prayer. I dedicate this piece to my father Pio, and to my grandfather Francis Xavier." Megalithic temple soundscape in Malta reimagined by Suzy Mangion. ——————— This sound is part of the Sonic Heritage project, exploring the sounds of the world's most famous sights. Find out more and explore the whole project: https://www.citiesandmemory.com/heritage

Some of us have heard the names of 17th-century poets like George Herbert, John Donne, and John Milton. But did you know that John Bunyan also wrote poems? And that there were many female poets too? Join Trinity, Mina, and Sean as they discuss these poets and their exciting lives with Dr. David Parry, Tutorial Fellow in English at Regent's Park College in Oxford, England.   Show Notes If you'd like to find out more about the poets Dr. Parry mentioned in this episode, here are their names: John Milton, John Bunyan, George Herbert, John Donne, Lucy Hutchinson, Mary Sydney. "Upon a Snail" by John Bunyan https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/upon-the-snail Some articles by Simonetta Carr about some of the authors mentioned: Lucy Hutchison https://www.placefortruth.org/blog/lucy-hutchinson-%E2%80%93-puritan-woman-changing-times John Donne https://www.placefortruth.org/blog/john-donne-poet-of-grace-and-comfort George Herbert https://www.placefortruth.org/blog/george-herbert-pastor-and-poet

Lucifer is one of the most complex and historically misinterpreted figures in Western religious and esoteric traditions. While commonly associated with Satan and the Devil in Christian theology, the name Lucifer, meaning "light-bearer" in Latin, initially referred to the morning star, Venus, in Roman astronomical and literary traditions. This episode examines the historical development of Lucifer, tracing his transformation from a celestial body to a theological symbol of rebellion, pride, and forbidden knowledge.We begin by exploring Lucifer's origins in Greco-Roman thought, where he was poetically invoked as the herald of dawn, with no demonic associations. The shift toward his identification as a fallen angel occurred through the interpretation of Isaiah 14:12 in the Latin Vulgate, where St. Jerome translated helel ben shachar ("shining one, son of the dawn") as Lucifer. Though initially a reference to the Babylonian king's downfall, early Church Fathers reinterpreted this passage in a cosmic framework, eventually merging Lucifer with Satan in medieval theology.This video also examines Lucifer's presence in alternative traditions. In esoteric currents such as Gnosticism, Renaissance Hermeticism, and modern occultism, Lucifer has been reinterpreted as a symbol of enlightenment and spiritual liberation rather than as a fallen adversary of God. The Romantic era further complicated his image, with figures like John Milton and William Blake casting Lucifer as a tragic hero challenging divine authority.Using primary texts and scholarly research, this episode provides an in-depth analysis of how religious doctrine, literary imagination, and cultural shifts shaped the evolving identity of Lucifer. How did an astronomical term become a feared adversary of divine order? And what does Lucifer's ongoing reinterpretation reveal about the tension between orthodoxy and esoteric knowledge?CONNECT & SUPPORT

Den unga döden skapar teologiska problem, samtidigt dras vi till korta konstnärliga liv. Michael Azar funderar över livets och dödens längd. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Vi vet inte, säger kyrkofader Augustinus, varför goda människor så ofta rycks bort av en förtidig död, medan de som inte alls borde ha fått födas tvärtom får leva ett långt och behagligt liv.Nej, konstaterar han. Vi människor kan aldrig riktigt förstå varför så är fallet. För Gud däremot finns det en mening bakom allt – också med det som för människorna framstår som grymt och orättvist. Utifrån den evige och allvetande gudens blickpunkt finns det nämligen ingenting sådant som en nyckfull död. Ingen träder in i dödsriket utan att Han vet om det. Det tycks rentav följa ur Guds själva väsen att han inte bara har förutsett, utan också förutbestämt hur och när var och en av oss ska lämna jordelivet.För Augustinus finns det uppenbarligen någonting trösterikt i tanken att döden inte slår blint, utan lyder som ett viljelöst redskap under den Evige Faderns nådiga plan. Ändå kan kyrkofadern inte undvika att – här och var – uttrycka sin oro över alla de svårigheter som en sådan gudsbild ger upphov till. Om Gud verkligen är allsmäktig och allvetande framträder ju människan som inte mer än en simpel marionett, utan fri vilja och förmåga att bestämma över sitt liv, sin död och sitt postuma öde.Så här skulle den engelske 1600-tals poeten John Milton säga om en sådan slutsats: ”Må jag hamna i helvetet för det, men en sådan Gud kan aldrig vinna min aktning”.Den som inkallar Gud som ett värn mot döden hamnar förr eller senare i frågan om hur vi istället ska skydda oss mot den makt som håller döden i sin hand. Man kan förvisso undra vad det finns för poäng med att tro på en Gud som låter till synes oskyldiga spädbarn gå bort i de mest plågsamma sjukdomar – medan skoningslösa tyranner får leva friska, tills de blir mätta på både dagar och nätter.Den inflytelserike muslimske tänkaren Abu al-Hasan al-Ashari – verksam i Irak några hundra år efter Augustinus – är inte lika pessimistisk vad gäller människans förmåga att förstå Guds avsikter. När Gud låter barn och ynglingar gå ur tiden, så är det i själva verket för att rädda dem från ett än värre öde.”Låt oss föreställa oss”, säger han, ”ett barn och en vuxen som båda dog i den sanna tron – men att den vuxne fått en högre plats i himlen än barnet.Barnet kommer därför att fråga Gud: 'Varför gav du den mannen en högre plats?' 'Han har gjort många goda gärningar', kommer Gud att svara.Och då kommer barnet att upprört invända: 'Men varför lät du mig dö så tidigt att jag hindrades från att göra gott?'På vilket Gud i sin tur kommer att svara: 'Jag visste att du skulle växa upp till en syndare; det var därför bättre att du dog redan som barn.'” Det är inte så att man direkt avundas Guds arbetsbörda. Tänk att behöva räkna ut det moraliska värdet av alla människors ännu inte genomförda synder – och sedan med alla upptänkliga medel, inklusive barmhärtighetsmord, försöka säkerställa att dessa synder inte ytterligare belastar våra skuldkonton.Abu al-Hasan al-Asharis resonemang för tankarna till en rad berömda exempel från västerlandets kulturhistoria. Jag tänker till exempel på kung Oidipus som uttryckligen förbannar den fåraherde som räddade Oidipus från döden när han var ett spädbarn. Om han hade låtit mig dö, klagar Oidipus, hade jag ju sluppit det fruktansvärda öde som väntade mig i livet.Men vad för slags tröst – om man nu inte nöjer sig med de himmelska makternas – kan vi annars uppbåda när vi står inför dem som ryckts ifrån oss i blomman av sin ålder?Jag tänker kanske särskilt på dem som vi idag betraktar som mänsklighetens befrämjare på grund av de djupa avtryck de satt i de sköna konsternas historia. En Masaccio, en Caravaggio, en Mozart, en Edith Södergran eller en Charlie Parker.Sorgen över deras alltför tidiga bortgång handlar inte bara om att de aldrig fick möjligheten att skapa allt det som de fortfarande bar inom sig när döden stal deras lyra från dem. Utan också om att många av dem tvingades lämna världen med känslan att deras namn var skrivna i vatten, ovetande som de ofta var om den enastående betydelse de skulle komma att få för eftervärlden.Somliga finner viss tröst i ett estetiskt perspektiv på dödens verk. Som när den danske tonsättaren Carl Nielsen skriver att Mozart ”måste dö tidigt, för att bilden av honom skulle kunna fullkomnas”. I en sådan vision är det just det intensivt levda och hastigt utbrända livet som möjliggör den förevigade skönheten. I samma anda har många säkert svårt att tänka sig Alexander den store, Arthur Rimbaud, James Dean, Janis Joplin, Che Guevara eller Bob Marley som gamla, modfällda och kraftlösa.Likt Akilles måste de möta den svarta gudinnan just när de befinner sig på höjden av sin skaparkraft.Eller tänk bara på den förkroppsligade – och mycket unga gudom – som Augustinus ständigt sjunger lovsånger till. Hur skulle vi ha förhållit oss till Jesus om han i stället hade dött på korset i samma höga ålder som den Job som lämnade jordelivet som 140-åring?En variation på samma tema finner vi i föreställningen om det så kallade romantiska geniet. Här antas den förmodade genialiteten just vara intimt förbunden med den snabbt framskridande liemannens gärningar. Varken Novalis, Schubert, Lord Byron, Keats, Shelley, Chopin, Stagnelius eller systrarna Brontë hann fylla fyrtio innan ödesgudinnorna klippte av deras livstrådar. Genikulten tillåter oss kanske att för ett ögonblick glömma deras dödsvåndor. Genikulten tillåter oss för ett ögonblick att glömma deras dödsvåndor. Livet må vara kort, men bara på villkor att konsten är lång – eller som det ibland heter: evig.”Den som gudarna älskar dör ung”, säger Lord Byron mot al-Ashari.Kanske är detta rentav en ganska vanlig fantasi bland unga musiker, skalder och konstnärer. Det sägs till exempel att Kurt Cobain redan i barndomen såg framför sig att han en dag skulle bli medlem i den så kallade ”Club 27” – det vill säga, att han skulle dö i samma unga ålder som till exempel Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix och Janis Joplin.Det var tragiskt nog en föraning som kom att besannas.Så stark är den estetiska myten om den ungdomliga dödens skönhet, att den en dag också lyckades infiltrera mitt eget medvetande. För det var med all säkerhet den som låg bakom min förvåning när jag en dag vaknade och insåg att jag fortfarande var vid liv, trots att jag hade hunnit fylla hela fyrtio år. Mitt i glädjen över att ha fått leva så länge, kunde jag faktiskt ana en obehaglig strimma av narcissistisk missräkning.Det var som om min nyvunna ålder förvandlats till ett hånfullt tecken på att jag hade gått miste om chansen att höra till de unga dödas utvalda skara – som om jag hade låtit livet segra till priset av förlorad odödlighet.Michael Azaridéhistoriker och författareMusikMy my hey hey (akustisk) samt Hey hey my my av Neil Young med Crazy Horse, från ”Rust never sleeps”, 1979.

In Part 2 of our discussion on John Milton's Paradise Lost, editor Stephen B. Dobranski returns to discuss his own first encounter with Milton in a high school classroom, the experience of editing the Norton Library edition from historical source texts, and how students should build up their Milton muscles by reading other poetry before turning to Paradise Lost. Stephen B. Dobranski is Distinguished University Professor of English at Georgia State University and the editor of the journal Milton Studies. He has published nine books including Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England (2005); The Cambridge Introduction to Milton 2012); and Milton's Visual Imagination: Imagery in “Paradise Lost” (2015).To learn more or purchase a copy of the Norton Library edition of Paradise Lost, go to https://seagull.wwnorton.com/ParadiseLostNL.Learn more about the Norton Library series at https://wwnorton.com/norton-library.Have questions or suggestions for the podcast? Email us at nortonlibrary@wwnorton.com or find us on Twitter at @TNL_WWN and Bluesky at @nortonlibrary.bsky.social. 

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.public.newsGreat Britain seems like a free nation. In recent years, there have been mass protests against everything from Israel's war with Hamas to fossil fuels. Newspaper editorialists denounce the government in strong terms daily. The nation draws upon hundreds of years of demands for free speech from intellectual giants, including John Milton, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Paine, and George Orwell.But today, Britain appears to be descending into tyranny. In 2023, Britain's parliament passed the Public Order Act and Online Safety Act to crack down on protests and online content and then failed to pass the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act that same year. Then, last summer, the Keir Starmer Labor government appears to have deliberately spread disinformation about the high-profile killings of three little girls to justify censorship and repression of anti-mass migration protesters and rioters.

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Send us a textWe return to Milton's magnificent octopus today with an eye toward evaluating the epic's success according to its own mission statement: "to justify the ways of God to men."  How does Milton approach the great theological problems of evil and suffering, divine foreknowledge, and free will?Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/intellectual-history

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

British poet John Milton published one of the earliest and still tremendously important defenses of free speech for our modern world. From his famous pamphlet Areopagitca (1644) to Paradise Lost (1667), Milton participated in debates regarding censorship and the right of the public to access the inner workings of Parliamentary politics. I spoke with Ruby Lowe about how today's conception of free of speech emerged during the English Civil Wars, the intimacies between political adversaries in these debates, and how Milton's crucial role in this media revolution informs his most seductive literary characters, including the devil, God, Adam, and Eve. Dr. Ruby Lowe is a Lecturer in the History of Ideas at Trinity College, the University of Melbourne and the John Emmerson Research Fellow at the State Library of Victoria, in Australia. Her forthcoming book is The Speech Without Doors: John Milton and the Tradition of Print Oratory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

In Part 1 of our discussion on John Milton's Paradise Lost, we welcome editor Stephen B. Dobranski to discuss Milton's life in the midst of religious and political controversy, pamphlet wars and the representation of failed revolution through writing, and Milton's characterization of Eve.  Stephen B. Dobranski is Distinguished University Professor of English at Georgia State University and the editor of the journal Milton Studies. He has published nine books including Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England (2005); The Cambridge Introduction to Milton 2012); and Milton's Visual Imagination: Imagery in “Paradise Lost” (2015).To learn more or purchase a copy of the Norton Library edition of Paradise Lost, go to https://seagull.wwnorton.com/ParadiseLostNL.Learn more about the Norton Library series at https://wwnorton.com/norton-library.Have questions or suggestions for the podcast? Email us at nortonlibrary@wwnorton.com or find us on Twitter at @TNL_WWN and Bluesky at @nortonlibrary.bsky.social. 

Send us a textSexy Satan, what have you done? You made a fool of every one!On this episode we tackle the rather thorny question of Paradise Lost's charismatic protagonist (?) or antagonist (?) or antihero (?): the hottest guy in Hell.  Why does an epic on the cosmic history of Christianity, written by a radical Puritan, present us with so commanding and appealing a character?  Additional music: "Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky)" by Bill Conti.  https://archive.org/details/rocky_202111/1976+-+Rocky/01.+Gonna+Fly+Now+(Theme+from+Rocky).mp3By Its CoverSiblings, Katie Wright and Jacob Frederick, pick out books solely by the information...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify 4min Podcast (English)Welcome to 4minEN – the English version of a multilingual podcast that delivers the...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

Matthew 4:1-11 Works cited: John Milton's Paradise Lost Diogenes Allen , Temptations Jeffrey Burton Russell- Mephistopheles

Guests Dr. Louis Markos: Houston Christian University: Professor of EnglishRobert H. Ray Chair in HumanitiesScholar-in-ResidenceDr. Patrick Egan: Clapham Christian Classical SchoolAcademic DeanContributor of Educational Renaissance Jason Barney: Coram Deo Academy in Carmel, INSchool PrincipalAuthor of Charlotte Mason: A Liberal Education for All (published by CAP)Contributor of Educational Renaissance Show NotesCommon misunderstandings of Charlotte Mason (especially if you only read her principles)What does Mason say about memory work and how does it compare to Dorothy Sayer's view?Who in the Romantic era is good that Charlotte Mason embraced? What did she reject from the Romantic philosophers?Various quotes from Mason that reflect her alignment to the liberal arts traditionWhat is her view of a child and how does it influence her pedagogy?How and why narration is classical and superior as a classical pedagogyWhat is Paideia? -- Does Mason have a paideia in her philosophy?How the habit training model of Charlotte Mason mirrors/agrees with the classical traditionResources MentionedThe Great BooksJohn Locke, Coleridge, WordsworthCharlotte Mason: A Liberal Education for All by Jason BarneyFor The Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer MacaulayConsider This: Charlotte Mason and the Classical Tradition by Karen GlassAbolition of Man by CS LewisThe Seven Laws of Teaching by John Milton GregoryAn Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education by Charlotte M. Mason (Centenary Expanded Edition has restored her original essay, "Two Education Ideals" where she compares Rousseau's Emile unfavorably to her favoring John Milton's Of Education)Metalogicon by John of SalisburyInstitutes of Oratory by QuintilianCharlotte Mason's Great Recognition of the Middle Ages through the fresco (vol. 2- Parents and Children by Mason)Charlotte Mason Quotes Louis Markos: "Our schools turn out a good many clever young persons, wanting in nothing but initiative, the power of reflection and the sort of moral imagination that enables you to 'put yourself in his place.'"- (Mason, Vol 6, pg. 25)Jason Barney:  "Almost anything may be made of a child by those who first get him into their hands. We find that we can work definitely towards the formation of character; that the habits of the good life, of the alert intelligence, which we take pains to form in the child, are, somehow, registered in the very substance of his brain; and that the habits of the child are, as it were, so many little hammers beating out by slow degrees the character of the man.  Therefore we set ourselves to form a habit in the same matter-of-fact steady way that we set about teaching the multiplication table; expecting the thing to be done and done with for life. " (The History and Aims of the P.N.E.U. pamphlet)Patrick Egan: "But the Florentine mind of the Middle Ages went further than this: it believed, not only that the seven Liberal Arts were fully under the direct outpouring of the Holy Ghost, but that every fruitful idea, every original conception, whether in Euclid, or grammar, or music, was a direct inspiration from the Holy Spirit, without any thought at all as to whether the person so inspired named himself by the name of God, or recognised whence his inspiration came." (Mason, Vol 2, pg. 271)________________________________________________________This podcast is produced by Beautiful Teaching, LLC.Support this podcast: ★ Support this podcast ★ _________________________________________________________Credits:Sound Engineer: Andrew HelselLogo Art: Anastasiya CFMusic: Vivaldi's Concerto for 2 Violins in B flat major, RV529 : Lana Trotovsek, violin Sreten Krstic, violin with Chamber Orchestra of Slovenian Philharmonic © 2025 Beautiful Teaching LLC. All Rights Reserved

Send us a textIn 1638, John Milton -- whom many see as perhaps the (second) greatest poet in English -- produced what many think to be his first major poem: the pastoral elegy "Lycidas," written to memorialize the tragic death of a college classmate.  Ah!  But it's so much more than that!Support the showPlease like, subscribe, and rate the podcast on Apple, Spotify, YouTube Music, or wherever you listen. Thank you!Email: classicenglishliterature@gmail.comFollow me on Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok, and YouTube.If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting it with a small donation. Click the "Support the Show" button. So grateful!Podcast Theme Music: "Rejoice" by G.F. Handel, perf. The Advent Chamber OrchestraSubcast Theme Music: "Sons of the Brave" by Thomas Bidgood, perf. The Band of the Irish GuardsSound effects and incidental music: Freesounds.orgMy thanks and appreciation to all the generous providers!

In this episode we take a look at the ironic last words of a civil war general, a couple Roman emperors, and one of the greatest fiction writers of his time. Special thanks to my producer Micah Versemann and the voice talent of Rich Swingle, Robert Ricotta, and Colin Peter Famous Last Words is a podcast series in which I seek out the humor, the gravity, the irony, and the tragedy in man's final breaths.  Today's show focuses on John Sedgwick, Caesar Augustus, Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, John Milton, and Leo Tolstoy

In this episode, we wrap up the year with one final look at Satan in 2024's news. Or more accurately, we put shit on liars who invoke Satan to get attention from those, mentally, emotionally and intellectually less fortunate than the rest of us.We talk about Roman Emperor Theodosius I, Olympic Games, pagan rituals, Ancient Greek, Zeus, Paris, drag queens,  Jan van Bijlert, Le Festin des Dieux, The Feast of the Gods, Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper, Gay Turtles, Gay frogs, Alex Jones, Rob Schneider, Twitter, American Olympic team, C-Span, Conservative Christian Podcaster, Allie Beth Stuckey, Christian Bible, Elbe Spurling, Brick Bible, LEGO, Jesus, Kung Fu, Blaze Media, transgender atheist, minifigs, Judeo-Christian mythology, yoghurt, The Satanic Temple, Iowa, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Iowa State Capitol Building, Tama County Courthouse, Curt Hilmer, La porte des Ténèbres, The Gate of Shadows, Toulouse, France, Marine Lee Pen, Minotaur, spider woman Ariadne, half-woman half-scorpion, Lilith, The Guardian of Darkness, Hellfest, Jewish folklore, Frasier, Xerox, Hesperides, Hades, Archbishop Guy de Kerimel, Sacred Heart, Catholic priests, America, Armageddon, Democrats, Lance Wallnau, Amanda Grace, Department of Justice, Inland Revenue Service, DOJ, IRS, charismatic evangelical preachers, Paul Djupe, Donald Trump, White House, robot, Hilary Clinton, UFC, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Madison Square Gardens, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Omega, Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mark Taylor, Michelle Moore, The Plot Against the King, wizard, warlock, witch, billionaire #666 #SketchComedy #Sketch #Comedy #Sketch Comedy #Atheist #Science #History #Atheism #Antitheist #ConspiracyTheory #Conspiracy #Conspiracies #Sceptical #Scepticism #Mythology #Religion #Devil #Satan #Satanism #Satanist #Skeptic #Debunk #Illuminati #SatanIsMySuperhero #Podcast #funny #sketch #skit #comedy #comedyshow #comedyskits #HeavyMetal #weird #RomanEmpire #Rome #AncientRome #Romans #RomanEmperor

Journalist & comedian Andrew Doyle discusses the hit piece the Guardian had out on him last week, before speaking beautifully about free speech and John Milton.  Follow him on X: https://x.com/andrewdoyle_com Support Heretics: http://andrewgoldheretics.com  Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"To lose thee is to lose myself," John Milton wrote in Paradise Lost. But what happens when you lose both? Alma Thomas lost her teenage son to a sudden heart attack at the age of 18 and then a few years later lost herself to a stroke.Alma, an author, was given a 1 percent chance of survival by doctors. She survived and says she has thrived. Alma says in this interview that part of what drove her to write again and help people was to send the message that "cemeteries are filled with unfulfilled potential" and that she did not want to die with her "purpose inside" her.Contact me at silverliningshandbookpod@gmail.com.Join our Facebook Group at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1361159947820623Check out the Silver Linings Handbook website at:https://silverliningshandbook.com/Check out our Patreon to support the show at:https://www.patreon.com/thesilverliningshandbookVisit the Silver Linings Handbook store to support the podcast at:https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-silver-linings-handbook-podcast-store/The Silver Linings Handbook is a production of BlueSky Studios LLC.See the Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and the California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

"Writing on the Wall" is a global platform founded by Professor William Kolbrener and novelist Ronit Eitan in response to the traumatic events of October 7th and the alarming rise in global antisemitism. The co-founders, despite their differing perspectives on many issues, share a steadfast belief: the fight against antisemitism can begin by uniting diverse voices through poetry and art. In a world where some wield literature, art, and scholarship as tools of intimidation and exclusion, efforts to silence Israelis and their supporters grow—alongside the grim reality of Hamas holding Israelis and Americans hostage. Yet, there are those who embrace the transformative power of writing to challenge antisemitism and foster collective healing. As Executive Director of Writing on the Wall, a nonprofit initiative based at Bar-Ilan University, Professor Kolbrener spearheads creative and community-driven responses to combat hate and division. How should we confront the intellectual boycotts and the subtler but equally harmful efforts to marginalize Israeli academics? In today's episode, William Kolbrener shares his approach, offering a powerful example of resistance through creativity and inclusion. William Kolbrener is a Full Professor of English Literature at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, with a Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research explores the intersections of literature, theology, and politics, focusing on figures such as John Milton, Mary Astell, and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. He is the author of several influential books that integrate literary studies, Jewish thought, and philosophy: Milton's Warring Angels: A Study of Critical Engagements (Cambridge University Press, 1996): A key contribution to Renaissance studies, focusing on critical interpretations of John Milton. Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism, and Love (Continuum, 2011): A collection of essays blending Jewish tradition with contemporary thought. The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition (Indiana University Press, 2016): An exploration of Soloveitchik's philosophical legacy in the modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

"Writing on the Wall" is a global platform founded by Professor William Kolbrener and novelist Ronit Eitan in response to the traumatic events of October 7th and the alarming rise in global antisemitism. The co-founders, despite their differing perspectives on many issues, share a steadfast belief: the fight against antisemitism can begin by uniting diverse voices through poetry and art. In a world where some wield literature, art, and scholarship as tools of intimidation and exclusion, efforts to silence Israelis and their supporters grow—alongside the grim reality of Hamas holding Israelis and Americans hostage. Yet, there are those who embrace the transformative power of writing to challenge antisemitism and foster collective healing. As Executive Director of Writing on the Wall, a nonprofit initiative based at Bar-Ilan University, Professor Kolbrener spearheads creative and community-driven responses to combat hate and division. How should we confront the intellectual boycotts and the subtler but equally harmful efforts to marginalize Israeli academics? In today's episode, William Kolbrener shares his approach, offering a powerful example of resistance through creativity and inclusion. William Kolbrener is a Full Professor of English Literature at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, with a Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research explores the intersections of literature, theology, and politics, focusing on figures such as John Milton, Mary Astell, and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. He is the author of several influential books that integrate literary studies, Jewish thought, and philosophy: Milton's Warring Angels: A Study of Critical Engagements (Cambridge University Press, 1996): A key contribution to Renaissance studies, focusing on critical interpretations of John Milton. Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism, and Love (Continuum, 2011): A collection of essays blending Jewish tradition with contemporary thought. The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition (Indiana University Press, 2016): An exploration of Soloveitchik's philosophical legacy in the modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

"Writing on the Wall" is a global platform founded by Professor William Kolbrener and novelist Ronit Eitan in response to the traumatic events of October 7th and the alarming rise in global antisemitism. The co-founders, despite their differing perspectives on many issues, share a steadfast belief: the fight against antisemitism can begin by uniting diverse voices through poetry and art. In a world where some wield literature, art, and scholarship as tools of intimidation and exclusion, efforts to silence Israelis and their supporters grow—alongside the grim reality of Hamas holding Israelis and Americans hostage. Yet, there are those who embrace the transformative power of writing to challenge antisemitism and foster collective healing. As Executive Director of Writing on the Wall, a nonprofit initiative based at Bar-Ilan University, Professor Kolbrener spearheads creative and community-driven responses to combat hate and division. How should we confront the intellectual boycotts and the subtler but equally harmful efforts to marginalize Israeli academics? In today's episode, William Kolbrener shares his approach, offering a powerful example of resistance through creativity and inclusion. William Kolbrener is a Full Professor of English Literature at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, with a Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research explores the intersections of literature, theology, and politics, focusing on figures such as John Milton, Mary Astell, and Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. He is the author of several influential books that integrate literary studies, Jewish thought, and philosophy: Milton's Warring Angels: A Study of Critical Engagements (Cambridge University Press, 1996): A key contribution to Renaissance studies, focusing on critical interpretations of John Milton. Open Minded Torah: Of Irony, Fundamentalism, and Love (Continuum, 2011): A collection of essays blending Jewish tradition with contemporary thought. The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and Talmudic Tradition (Indiana University Press, 2016): An exploration of Soloveitchik's philosophical legacy in the modern age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/israel-studies

Excerpt:Milton, then, was not merely a hired pen of the Republic but its principled supporter. He began his service believing in the possibility that, in the Commonwealth, he was helping to build God's kingdom on earth. Yet, over the course of his many years' unflinching service to the Republic and subsequently to Oliver Cromwell as its Lord Protector, Milton's optimism drained out of him slowly but surely like sap from an injured tree. In 1641, as Christopher Hill points out, Milton was full of millenarian hope and wrote of Christ's return in terms of a ‘shortly expected king'. * * *Support Warhorn here.Music is Rise Up, O Lord, a recording of Psalm 10 by My Soul Among Lions.

In episode 16 (episode 4 of Season 2), Joe Carlson and Daniel Foucachon read some epic poetry together, beginning with a BAD reading of epic poetry, followed by a tutorial covering four basic principles for reading epic poetry: First, allow the natural stresses of the words to dictate the flow of the sentence. Different words have different stress lengths, depending on the placement of the vowels and the number of consonants. For example the words “to” and “flinch” are both one syllable words, but you can tell one takes less time to say than the other. Furthermore, a short word like “to” naturally leads you into the next word (ending with a vowel as it does), whereas you want to land on “flinch” a little, taking just a moment before moving on. Read the following naturally, while paying attention to the space you give between the words: “to flinch means to make a quick movement in reaction to something.” Notice the lack of space following the three instances of “to”, and the space following the harder sounds of “flinch” “make” “quick” and “movement”. This is how the English language works, and you shouldn't fight it when reading, especially when reading poetry.Second, read according to the punctuation, not the line break. The line breaks because the number of syllables allotted that line have been used up, not because a breath is required. Pay attention to the natural breaks in the syntax: the commas, the semicolons, the periods. Also, like I mentioned above, pay attention to the flow of the words themselves, and let the natural stresses dictate your annunciation and your rests.Third, read the poem aloud and slowly. Taste the words on your tongue. Let their sounds fill your eustachian tubes, bringing the words directly to your ears, as well as traveling around your cheeks and hitting them from the outside. This process will encourage and cultivate your ability to enter into the story, imaginatively accepting the imagery of the poem as the landscape you are inhabiting.Lastly, for extra credit, you can listen for moments of alliteration (repetition of certain consonants), assonance (repetition of certain vowel sounds), parallelisms, chiasmi, and the skilled use of enjambment (the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line), among other poetic tools wielded by the master. But these are the technical aspects of the poetry, the museum lighting that carefully illumines the painting. Therefore, while they certainly offer fodder for fruitful discussion, do not let them distract you from the painting itself, the story that Milton is telling.

Guests: Stephen Smith, George Gilder, & Patricia R. Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about the new Hillsdale College online course on John Milton’s Paradise Lost. George Gilder, prolific author and co-founder of the Discovery Institute, describes the enriching relationship between Israel and the United States and […]

Guests: Stephen Smith, George Gilder, & Patricia R. Bart Host Scot Bertram talks with Stephen Smith, dean of humanities and professor of English at Hillsdale College, about the new Hillsdale College online course on John Milton's Paradise Lost. George Gilder, prolific author and co-founder of the Discovery Institute, describes the enriching relationship between Israel and the United States and discusses his new book The Israel Test: How Israel's Genius Enriches and Challenges the World. And Patricia R. Bart, associate professor of English at Hillsdale College, continues an in-depth series on the history of the English language.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11/10/2024 Genesis 3:1-13, 21-24 Parker Hughes   Slides for November 10, 2024 Music for Sunday's worship gathering The Lord Will Have His Way by Porter’s Gate Worship Have Mercy by Sandra McCracken Holy Holy Holy by Heber/Dykes Nothing to Fear by Porter’s Gate Worship Little Things With Great Love by Porter’s Gate Worship Doxology

Die letzten Verse von "Das verlorene Paradies" gehören zum Schönsten, was Milton je geschrieben hat, sagt auch Literaturwissenschaftlerin Brigitte Schwens-Harrant. Gestaltung: Alexandra Mantler – Eine Eigenproduktion des ORF, gesendet in Ö1 am 09.11. 2024

Political upheaval, the role of the press and free speech, attitudes towards divorce: the poet John Milton thought and wrote about all of these issues which also concern us today. Milton (9th Dec 1608-8th Nov 1674) might be best known to us today as the man behind the epic poem Paradise Lost, dictated after he had become blind, and published in 1674, but he was also the author of The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates and Eikonoklastes (1649) which examined the right of the people to hold authority to account and provided a defence of regicide. He also attacked pre-printing censorship in Areopagitica; A speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc'd Printing, to the Parlament of England (1644). Matthew Sweet and his guests look at the resonances of Milton's writing now.Andrew Doyle writes plays, performs stand-up, hosts a show on GB news and has written articles for Spiked. He is the co-author with Tom Walker of Jonathan Pie: Off the Record and has published a book called The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World. He has a doctorate in early Renaissance poetry from the University of Oxford. Professor Alice Hunt is based at the University of Southampton and is working on a book titled England's Republic: The Lost Decade, 1649–1660 supported by a Leverhulme Research Fellowship Dr Kate Maltby is a lead columnist for The i newspaper and a theatre critic. She is also a Senior Research Associate at Jesus College, Cambridge working on Renaissance literature. Professor Islam Issa is based at Birmingham City University. His books include Alexandria, the City that Changed the World, Milton in the Arab-Muslim World and Milton in Translation, ed. with Angelica Duran and Jonathan OlsonProducer: Luke Mulhall

Seine Gegner legten die Blindheit als Strafe aus, und Gegner hatte Milton genug, erzählt Literaturwissenschaftlerin Brigitte Schwens-Harrant. Gestaltung: Alexandra Mantler – Eine Eigenproduktion des ORF, gesendet in Ö1 am 08.11. 2024

Hear staff from Westminster Abbey as they reflect on the context and the meaning of popular Christian hymns and anthems that came from poetry.   In this episode, Stuart O'Hara, a bass lay vicar in the Abbey Choir examines John Milton's Blest Pair of Sirens and how careful composition is used to turn his words into a glorification of God.   Listen to the full track, and the rest of the album recorded by the Choir of Westminster Abbey.   These episodes are part of the Voice and Verse season. Join us in October and November as we celebrate the power of words and stories penned by historic and emerging poets. 

This is the Digressio podcast, helping families inherit the humanities in their home. Welcome to Season 2, where we are, among some "Digressios," discussing Epic Poetry. I'm your host Daniel Foucachon, and I'm joined by our co-host Joe Carlson, translator of Dantes Divine comedy, and author of The Dante Curriculum.The topic today is “What to do with an epic poem?” 

In this thought-provoking episode, Jeremy Larson, assistant professor of English at Regent University, joins ISI to explore the enduring significance of John Milton and his literary and political contributions. Together, they delve into Paradise Lost and Milton's engagement with the political and religious upheavals of his time, discussing how these themes resonate in today's world. The conversation touches on disenchantment and the possibility of re-enchantment through Christianity, highlighting the intersection of faith, literature, and cultural renewal.Jeremy and the hosts also examine the importance of mythology in understanding and expressing faith, drawing connections between ancient myths and modern belief systems. They explore how narrative forms, both secular and sacred, shape human experience and offer insight into questions of virtue, meaning, and divine purpose.This episode offers an inspiring blend of literary analysis and theological reflection, perfect for listeners interested in the interplay between storytelling, politics, and spirituality. Tune in to discover how Milton's legacy continues to inform contemporary conversations on faith and culture.Read more from Jeremy

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Across the 65 years of his life, writer John Milton packed a lot in: poet, polemicist, political operator – engaging with ideas that often challenged the status quo. In today's Life of the Week episode, Professor Islam Issa speaks to Matt Elton about the life and legacy of this 17th-century polymath. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Milton – a Force for Nature In this special episode, Aaron William Perry hosts a long and lovely conversation with John Milton and one of his “senior students”(and Y on Earth Community Ambassador) Bud Wilson. John Milton is a force of nature, an emissary for nature, and a voice for nature. Notable among the […] The post Episode 167 – John Milton, Founder, Way of Nature (w/ Bud Wilson) first appeared on Y on Earth Community.

Who doesn't love a free sample? This week, to change it up, I'm offering a sneek peak behind the paywall at rejoiceevermore.substack.com, where I've been creating an audiobook of John Milton's epic Paradise Lost. Hard to believe it's almost done! But to entice you to join, and to solicit suggestions for what to record next, here's the latest installment, in which Adam--newly expelled from Paradise--gets a glimpse of what will come in the wake of sin. SIGNUPS OPEN: Register for Spring courses at The Ancient Language Institute https://ancientlanguage.com/youngheretics/ Pre-order my new book, Light of the Mind, Light of the World: https://a.co/d/2QccOfM Subscribe to my joint Substack with Andrew Klavan (no relation): https://thenewjerusalem.substack.com

John Milton and Marchamont Nedham were unlikely bedfellows; and yet they became friends, worked closely together and in their very different ways sought to promote the English Republic to the country and outside world. Anthony Bromley talks about their careers in the Republic and how they sought to promote it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for September 30, 2024 is: tribulation • trib-yuh-LAY-shun • noun Tribulation, which is often used in the phrase "trials and tribulations," refers to an experience that causes suffering. It can also mean "unhappiness, pain, or suffering." // The new graduate knew that the journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur would come with some trials and tribulations. See the entry > Examples: "[Chennedy] Carter doesn't shy away from the tribulations of her early years in the WNBA. She has spoken at length this season about how her year away from the WNBA allowed her to grow on and off the court. Still, there's a competitive edge to Carter that won't ever be tamed." — Annie Costabile, The Chicago Sun-Times, 6 Aug. 2024 Did you know? It would be an understatement to say that undergoing trials and tribulations is a drag, but the origins of the word tribulation have much to do with literal dragging. Tribulation comes (via Anglo-French) from the Latin noun tribulum, which refers to an ancient tool that separates grain seed from the rest of the plant when it is dragged over a harvest. If one imagines such a thresher working on a human being—a harrowing thought, indeed—the connection to tribulation's present meaning is understandable. These days, tribulation is commonly used as a plural noun and paired with trials to refer to any kind of drawn-out struggle, though lovers of John Milton's famous 17th century epic poem Paradise Lost may recognize it, unpaired, from a passage describing life as "Tri'd in sharp tribulation, and refin'd / By Faith and faithful works."

On 30th January, Charles I went to the scaffold, the first king to be publicly tried and executed by his people. He died with enormous dignity - and was duly proclaimed a martyr. With the king gone, a new state was proclaimed in his place - based on the sovereignty of the people, and ruled by a House of Commons that representated it, with the executive Council of State. As the Commonwealth's servants, John Milton and Marchamont Nedham worked to proclaim it's legitimacy, enemies both internal and external circled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.