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- Paradise Lost: Milton’s works abridged by John Carey - The Australian August 18, 2018
- On the Structure of Leviticus - Patheos September 21, 2017
- Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - John Milton, Political Activist and Poet - ILAB December 11, 2013
- BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Milton Encyclopedia’ - Washington Times August 31, 2012
- Peeing in Your Shower: Hellboy, Satan & Free Will - The Outhouse July 29, 2012
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Privacy, Liberty, and the Search for Truth in Milton (Introduction)
he unobserved Home to his mother’s house private returned –Paradise Regain’d IV.638-9 A Note About This Blog: When I set out a bit over a year ago to write blog posts about Milton once a month or … Continue reading
Panopticon Eden
In Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, there are these amazing round sandbar/reefs. They look like huge lily pads when you spot them from H3, high above. When I lived in paradise on the bay, I used to kayak out to these reefs in the middle, … Continue reading
“Thir Song Was Partial”: Milton and Partisan Political Discourse
Thir Song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when Spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience. With the end of semester rush, my musings have been more occasional than I intended. Granted, … Continue reading
Would John Milton Defend Your Freedom to Print a Gun?
By now you’ve probably heard about Cody Wilson’s fully functional, 3-D-printer-produced handgun. Last weekend, Wilson successfully test fired the “Liberator,” and posted its design on his non-profit company’s website. A 25-year-old student at the University of Texas Austin, Wilson is fond of … Continue reading
Milton, Star Wars, and the Ever-Evolving Blog
This week, along with many of my readers, I’m in the end-of-semester grading crush. As I grade each essay in this unending stack, I try to keep in mind this passage from Areopagitica: Books [or student essays] are as meats and … Continue reading
The Blackest Grain: Milton, Gunpowder, and the Right to Bear Arms
Today, after a Senate vote on gun control, the New York Review of Books revived interest in Gary Wills’ article comparing America’s obsession with guns to the worship of Moloch. Originally posted on December 15, 2012, “Our Moloch” invokes Milton’s Paradise … Continue reading
I’d Rather You Didn’t
Colin Burrow begins his review of the Oxford Complete Works editions of De Doctrina Christiana (edited by John Hale) and The Shorter Poems (edited by Barbara Lewalski and Estelle Haan), by stating that the “one key question” remaining after the 2008 … Continue reading