John Milton: The Milton-L Home Page » Media http://johnmilton.org Devoted to the life, literature, and times of the poet John Milton Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:07:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Ian Richardson Reads Satan’s First Speech http://johnmilton.org/2010/01/09/146/ http://johnmilton.org/2010/01/09/146/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:37:40 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/?p=146 Margaret Thickstun writes

For people planning spring syllabi: YouTube has two excellent short
clips (under three minutes each) of Sir Ian Richardson reading the
Invocation to Book One and Satan’s first speech.
 

Go to YouTube.  Type in “Ian Richardson Paradise Lost First Part” for
the Invocation; then try “Ian Richardson Paradise Lost Book 1,” which
will get you Satan’s first speech.
 

I have put these to links on my syllabus.  It seems an excellent way to
help students adjust to the cadence of the language without having to go
through more complicated steps, like putting recordings on reserve, etc.

 

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]]> http://johnmilton.org/2009/05/15/two-paradise-lost-movies/feed/ 0 NPR: John Milton, 400 Years of “Justifying God To Man” http://johnmilton.org/2008/12/08/npr-john-milton-400-years-of-justifying-god-to-man/ http://johnmilton.org/2008/12/08/npr-john-milton-400-years-of-justifying-god-to-man/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:19:44 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/?p=69 National Public Radio has a story on the 400th anniversary of Milton’s birth.  Duncan Kiely, an exhibit curator at New York City’s Morgan Library, and William Kerrigan are interviewed.

In additon to a web page with a summary and images of Milton and Paradise Lost, there is the audio of the story itself (6 min., 42 sec.).  At the bottom of the web page you’ll find links to audio exerpts of Anton Lesser’s reading of Paradise Lost.

]]> http://johnmilton.org/2008/12/08/npr-john-milton-400-years-of-justifying-god-to-man/feed/ 0 Paradise Lost and other events in Cambridge http://johnmilton.org/2008/10/20/paradise-lost-and-other-events-in-cambridge/ http://johnmilton.org/2008/10/20/paradise-lost-and-other-events-in-cambridge/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:29:05 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/?p=25 An update on events in Cambridge for the Milton 400th Anniversary
Celebrations from Dr. Gavin Alexander.

This Thursday 23 October, members of the Faculty of English will present
a reading of the whole of Paradise Lost, in collaboration with students,
colleagues, artists, and musicians.  The reading will be broadcast live
online, and will begin at 9 am (BST).  Further details:
http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/paradiselost.htm

Sharon Achinstein’s lecture on ‘Milton: Poetry vs. Prose’ is now
available as a podcast, along with lectures by Quentin Skinner and
Christopher Hill.  The final two lecturers in the series are Geoffrey
Hill (29 October) and Christopher Ricks (26 November).  Details and
links:  http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/lectures.htm

Further information about the year’s events:
http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400

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Olin Bjork writes to tell of a project he and John Rumrich have been developing for the last 3-4 years: Paradise Lost Audiotexts. Books One and Nine are currently available.

]]> http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/30/paradise-lost-audiotexts/feed/ 0 Audio Readings of L’Allegro and Il Penseroso http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/30/audio-readings-of-lallegro-and-il-penseroso/ http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/30/audio-readings-of-lallegro-and-il-penseroso/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:13:23 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/?p=20 Gardner Campbell has posted recordings of Il Penseroso and L’Allegro on his web site.

Il Penseroso with introduction (MP3)

L’Allegro (MP3)

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Anna Beer is the author of Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer and Patriot. [Thanks to Paul Miller on Milton-L]

Link

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