Paradise Lost and Found—Honors

Students must be accepted into the Honors Program to enroll in the following course.

Course Description

Four hundred years after his birth, is Milton still relevant?  In this course we read Paradise Lost, the magical story of a man named “Man” and a woman named “Mother of All” who live in the land of Delight--until an enemy named “Enemy” comes along.  We consider various imaginative responses to Milton (such as Pullman’s The Golden Compass), as well as scholarly responses (Milton: misogynist or feminist? politically radical or conservative?)  The class plans and carries out a birthday celebration, so keep Dec. 9 open!  No prior ability to read early modern English is required.