John Milton: The Milton-L Home Page » Video 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=3.2.1 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/2008/10/20/milton-with-professor-john-rogers/feed/ 3 John Basinger’s Paradise Lost on DVD http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/17/john-basingers-paradise-lost-on-dvd/ http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/17/john-basingers-paradise-lost-on-dvd/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:31:29 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/?p=12 John Basinger has produced a DVD set of his performances of Paradise Lost.  The four-disc set includes his performances of all twelve books of the poem, along with a documentary, “Thus Spake John,” a short film, “The Golden Smile,” and a monody, “Forsake me not thus, Adam.”

]]> http://johnmilton.org/2008/06/17/john-basingers-paradise-lost-on-dvd/feed/ 0 Karen Karbiener on Milton’s Paradise Lost http://johnmilton.org/2008/02/24/karen-karbiener-on-miltons-paradise-lost/ http://johnmilton.org/2008/02/24/karen-karbiener-on-miltons-paradise-lost/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:26:15 +0000 Kevin Creamer http://johnmilton.org/2008/02/24/karen-karbiener-on-miltons-paradise-lost/ Paul Miller on Milton-L shares three video lectures by Professor Karen Karbiener on Milton’s Paradise Lost [via YouTube].

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