John Milton’s Vision
December 17, 2008
Theo Hobson has posted his reflections on the 400th anniversary of Milton’s birth on the Open Democracy web site.
Milton’s 400th at Sewanee
December 8, 2008
Kemmer Anderson writes of a celebration at The University of the South:
2:00 PM CST — December 9, A reading of “On the Morning of Christ’s
Nativity” in All Saints Chapel… Lecture follows later.
Milton 400 in Middletown, CT
December 8, 2008
Susan Allison writes of Quatercentenary celebrations in Connecticut:
John Milton Birthday Celebration – Friedberg Talk
Harris Friedberg: John Milton – Revolutionary Poet
Date: Monday, December 08, 2008
Time: 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Usdan University Center 110
Sponsor: Sponsored by the Wesleyan Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Friends of the Wesleyan Library, and the Buttonwood Tree
John Basinger: A Recitation from memory of Books I and II of Paradise Lost Book I: 11:00 – 12:15 | Light Lunch 12:15 – 12:45 | Book II: 12:45 – 2:00 Feel free to bring a copy of Paradise Lost and follow along!
Date: Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Time: 11:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Location: Russell House – Russell House Neumann Lounge
Sponsor: Sponsored by the Wesleyan Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Friends of the Wesleyan Library, and the Buttonwood Tree
John Milton Birthday Celebration – Olin Open House
Open House: Rare Editions of Paradise Lost in Wesleyans Special Collections & Archives and John Basinger: Informal Comments on the Milton Memorization Project
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: Olin Library, 252 Church Street, Davison Rare Book Room
Sponsor: Sponsored by the Wesleyan Dean of the Arts and Humanities, Friends of the Wesleyan Library, and the Buttonwood Tree
Marathon Weekend of Paradise Lost! To celebrate John Milton’s 400 birthday,JOHN BASINGER will recite the entire PARADISE LOST over this weekend at The Buttonwood Tree!
John Basinger performs Paradise Lost from memory!
Date: December 13, Saturday
Time: Beginning at 10 AM on Saturday. The schedule is presently this: Books I and II from 10 AM to 1 PM. One hour refreshment break. Books III and IV from 2PM to 5PM. One hour refreshment break. Books V and V! from 7PM to 11PM.
Location: The Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main Street, Middletown CT 06457– www.Buttonwood.Org
December 14, Sunday,
John presents Books VII and VIII from !2 Noon until 2 PM. One hour refreshment break. Books IX and X from 3PM until 7PM. One hour refreshment break. Then we will be ending with Books XI and XII from 8PM to 11PM.
NPR: John Milton, 400 Years of “Justifying God To Man”
December 8, 2008
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.
Milton 400 in Germany
December 8, 2008
Martin Kuester shares news of Milton Quatercentenary celebrations in Germany:
Another Milton birthday party will take place at the University of Goettingen in Germany next Tuesday:
http://www.english-literature.uni-goettingen.de/
Milton in Alaska
December 8, 2008
Herb Berkowitz shares Quatercentenary news from Alaska on Milton-L:
My wife Kathryn, a Milton-L lurker of several years standing,
volunteered to create a Milton 400th birthday display in the
Consortium Library at Alaska Pacific University where she received her
M.A. in English Literature with a focus on Milton in 2004. The
display contains some Milton-related items she has collected over the
years. A small photo gallery of the exhibit:
http://handk.smugmug.com/gallery/6733241_L9AKh/1/430013567_AWQqw
In conjunction with the display there will be be a modest birthday
gathering for Milton at APU on December 9. I wish I could say that
Kathryn and I were traveling there by dog sled, but, in reality, it
will be by Subaru.
Southern Celebrations
December 8, 2008
John Hale shares events from New Zealand on Milton-L:
Greetings from the deepest south.
Inspired by the news from Alaska, here’s news about two events happening at the Milton world’s southernmost bastion, Dunedin, NZ First, a meeting of the city’s poets at which I held forth in varying
idioms to these mainly free-verse-writing bards, back in October. Go to Deep South: The English Department Ezine, Otago University
Then, tomorrow, at 6.30 pm, which approximates (given our longitude)
to the hour of Milton’s birth, we shall read his life through his
poems, cut a birthday cake and drink a toast to him. This is at the
Dunediin Public Library, which is very big on poetic and other
literacy-promoting events.
Milton Quatercentenary
December 7, 2008
Cambridge has a wonderful page with information about exhibitions, lectures, performances, and more celebrating the Milton Quatercentenary. Many events are still ongoing.
