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Comment on Milton Society of America Web Site by Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:13:17 +0000

Hey guys: Is there a reference source that will show me all the print editions of De Doctrina Christiana?

Thanks,

Jeff Criswell

Comment on Milton with Professor John Rogers by Mela

Mela — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 11:46:48 +0000

Professor Rogers i have seen all of your lectures on youtube about Milton and i want to say thank you very much, very helpful.

Greetings from Mexico.

Comment on Milton-L Tributes to Al Labriola by Paula Jenkins-Whiteside

Paula Jenkins-Whiteside — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 06:10:54 +0000

I had Dr. Labriola for Honors English at Duquesne in 1980 as a frosh, then Milton Studies and Shakespeare on Film. When I was going through a rough spot and needed to return home for a semester, he called the admissions department at Trinity College in DC and got me a spot there over Christmas break. I’ve kept all the papers of mine he’d mark up, especially one discussing a libidinous roommate of mine whom he’d had as a student the previous semester and wondered at her fatigue during class. I still have a fondness for men in bow ties. Dr. Labriola, you will be especially missed.

Comment on Milton with Professor John Rogers by Kim Echlin

Kim Echlin — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:29:47 +0000

Dear Professor Rogers; I have been searching for a line I believe I read in Paradise Lost in which Satan wishes there were no free will.
Can you help me find it?
I have a Ph.d. in English literature and wanted to use this reference in a new novel but I cannot find it. I would be so grateful for your help.
All the best, Kim

Comment on Persistence of Dalí Opens at William Bennett Gallery In New York by John Henninger

John Henninger — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:12:49 +0000

The gallery will exhibit the rare Paradise Lost engravings by Dali for the entire summer. Visit our website or if you are in New York, visit our location at 65 Greene Street in SoHo to view these beautiful works.

Comment on Milton with Professor John Rogers by Michael Weinstein

Michael Weinstein — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:07:52 +0000

Dear Professor Rogers,

It has been 39 years since I took an undergraduate course in Milton at Temple and almost 37 years since I took Edward Taylor’s course as a graduate student at Columbia. Can you please recommend what are considered to be the “must read” scholarly books on Milton? I have come back to Milton from way around the barn: i.e., the poetry of Frost. Richard Poirier’s book is probably the best critical study I’ve read on any poet. Is there an equivalent of “The Work of Knowing” for Milton?

I have not yet watched your online course, but I will start this weekend. I have watched and enjoyed Professor Hammer’s course on Modern Poetry several times.

Thanks,

Mike Weinstein

Comment on Milton-L Tributes to Al Labriola by Mike Crivello

Mike Crivello — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:51:06 +0000

I was very saddened to hear the news of the passing of this great man and outstanding teacher. Although I studied under Dr. Labriola only for a short summer in an NEH seminar for high school teachers at Duquesne, I will never forget his kindness, erudition, and love for teaching.
One brief illustration of his amazing perception and generosity: when I asked him to suggest a restaurant to take my wife for our anniversary, Dr. Labriola suggested one, and although I never committed to going there, when I did go to the restaurant the waiter immediately brought my wife and I an hors d’ouevre, courtesy of Al Labriola. How he knew I would go there, how he thought to describe me to the restaurant, and how he smiled knowingly when I thanked him the next day are memories my wife and I will cherish.

Comment on Milton-L Tributes to Al Labriola by Hugh Wilson

Hugh Wilson — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:12:00 +0000

This is sad news. Al was deeply learned but unpretentious; he was one of those insiders who made a putative ouitsider feel welcome. He was a bright-eyed host with a genial smile and a character of tempered steel. He was an elder statesman for the Milton Society; he was an utterly decent man who touched many of us—an academic with the sensibility of a poet and a dry-eyed wit. He shall not be forgotten; we will not forget him; he will leave a emptiness. Who will pick up the loose ends?

It isn’t much, but why don’t we gather a fund and name a scholarly award after him? And why not dedicate the next collection of Milton essays in his honor?

I think we’ve lost more than we know. It will take time for this to sink in.

Hugh Wilson

Comment on Tributes to Al Labriola, Part II by Stephen B. Dobranski

Stephen B. Dobranski — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:18:27 +0000

The world of Milton studies has grown a little darker with Al’s passing. He was a great colleague and a good guy. I can’t imagine a Milton dinner without him. My deepest sympathies to his family in this difficult time.

Stephen

Comment on Milton-L Tributes to Al Labriola by Sharon Achinstein

Sharon Achinstein — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:48:00 +0000

Dear Friends,
I was also saddened to hear of the news and wanted all stateside to know that Thomas Corns led a moment of commemorative silence at the British Milton Seminar this weekend in Birmingham.

I will always appreciate that Al gave me my ‘break’ as a Milton scholar, when he invited me to be a speaker at the East Coast Milton Seminar at Duquesne in 1994, where he was a gracious host and mentor. Over the years he has shown many kindnesses, and in his invisible way, has given us all so much. I like the idea of a ‘best graduate student’ article for an award.