/lit/ - Literature

>>17416684
he's gay

Pretty based for a Puritan.

>>17416684
Best fanfic ever.

>>17416684
Anyone have the chart/list of everything Milton read? Saw it ages ago but didn't save it.

>>17416684
had more fun in lecture than i did actually reading him

>>17418301
would be nice to have

>>17416684
he’s based

>>17418301
bumping, do you have some names of books he read?

he was a cute twink

He’s great, have one of his shorter poems.

Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,
Whose speed is but the heavy Plummets pace;
And glut thy self with what thy womb devours,
Which is no more then what is false and vain,
And meerly mortal dross;
So little is our loss,
So little is thy gain.
For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd,
And last of all, thy greedy self consum'd,
Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss
With an individual kiss;
And Joy shall overtake us as a flood,
When every thing that is sincerely good
And perfectly divine,
With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine
About the supreme Throne
Of him, t'whose happy-making sight alone,
When once our heav'nly-guided soul shall clime,
Then all this Earthy grosnes quit,
Attir'd with Stars, we shall for ever sit,
Triumphing over Death, and Chance, and thee O Time.

>>17419539
good poem, you've convinced me to read some more of his short poems

>>17419434
based

>>17416684
love this nigga

>>17419434
It's true. Did you know that Milton was accused of prostituting himself in Italy? He is just the type: introverted, neurotic, misogynistic, effeminate, politically radicalized - if he lived today, he would be a femboy.

I have not read anything about it, but several people around me have recommended me "paradise lost", should I read it??

>>17420230
It’s one of the greatest works in the English language, it’s worth the read if you have some biblical and poetic context or a good annotated edition

>>17420262
The truth is that I do not have biblical knowledge, and I do not read much poetry. Would it be very difficult for me to read it?

>>17416684
Bunyan > Milton

>>17420262
What are some prequisites before reading paradise lost in case I don't get a good annotated edition

>>17420928
Old Testament especially genesis, some knowledge of the Aeneid, the divine comedy and the four hymnes of Spenser and probably some Ovid, there’s more but that’ll probably be enough. Here’s a list of allusions.

https://www.shmoop.com/paradise-lost/allusions.html%20

Alternatively, just read this one.

http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=63790CBC822D3CA4414DD1BAB3D3C794

It’s considered one of the best in terms of critical apparatus. Norton’s also fairly praised.

>>17420982
Well, thanks for your recs, nigger. Usually I gift pics of thots but a tripfag named frater won't lust for thots so here you go

>>17421010
Thanks anon, if you ever need any links for any books while I cannot promise I’ll find them I’ll definitely spend 30-60 minutes going through every library I know of looking for the text.

>>17421025
No, thanks though. It will take some time before I reach Milton on my list. I'm just gathering info whenever there is a chance

Paradise Lost is a cryptoCatholic mea culpa for Milton's support of Cromwell and the republicans

>>17421169
Not really, it's filled with puritanical ideas.

>>17421211
>he doesn't know

>>17419782
>Did you know that Milton was accused of prostituting himself in Italy?
have you got a source on this lmao

he cute

>>17421305

>>17420928
Get the Hawkes cheap from B&N

>>17421421
where from?