tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88990919256086431762024-03-12T21:05:47.486-07:00Team MiltonA blog for students exploring the literature of John Milton and developing content about him and his works.Gideon Burtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08282494104976426309noreply@blogger.comBlogger263125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-60113169928672515702013-12-18T09:15:00.001-08:002013-12-18T09:15:43.023-08:00With Love, from Oxford: Social Proof UPDATE<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZpE-Mq3nZesoBOqVZFxMRvzKXbVUyS2Pn_OIOXzq_Nrt499dOCnW85_BQohtzfm9aSa1WUh0bMT8JXDSzeNSzoab1eXNTe2Q07zKQ9jQ7GE5F93Bal0HfhM8IkyQBrzf5dPwS-V2c9I/s1600/Will+Poole.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYZpE-Mq3nZesoBOqVZFxMRvzKXbVUyS2Pn_OIOXzq_Nrt499dOCnW85_BQohtzfm9aSa1WUh0bMT8JXDSzeNSzoab1eXNTe2Q07zKQ9jQ7GE5F93Bal0HfhM8IkyQBrzf5dPwS-V2c9I/s1600/Will+Poole.png" /></a>So I did finally hear back from the illustrious William Poole of Oxford. He was surprisingly warm. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use his feedback for the version of the paper I turned in for this class, but intend to in the revised version I hope to present at BYU's English Symposium.<br />
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See our brief exchange below...<br />
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Dr. Poole,<br /><br />I’m a masters student at Brigham Young University studying John Milton. My current research project argues that the passages of <i>Paradise Lost</i> dealing with Babel should be read as a theodicy of God’s forcible obstruction of communication. Further, I believe contrasting Milton’s earlier claim that restricting the flow of knowledge is “contrary to the manner of God” (<i>Areopagitica</i>) to Book XII might offer some insight into how Milton’s views were affected by his imprisonment and the burning of his political tracts following the Restoration. <br /><br />In the course of my research, I came across <i>The Divine and the Grammarian in the 17th-Century Universal Language Movement</i>. I’m still digesting it, but it was a fascinating read. Understanding Milton’s response to or participation in this movement would surely strengthen (or correct) my argument, but I can’t seem to find any sources on the subject. Could you point me in the right direction?<br /><br />Respectfully,<div>
Jake Clayson</div>
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Dear Jake Clayson,<div>
<br />Apologies for my tardy response, but I've been very busy with interviews for the last week or so. <br />I'm not sure if Milton had any direct contact with the universal language movement -- most of their texts appeared after he was blind, and he was culturally and politically remote from most of its proponents, with the possible exceptions of Francis Lodwick and his friend Abraham Hill. But in terms of ideas, I think Milton would have been interested but sceptical. He would have known of discussions of the possibility of a 'real character' from Francis Bacon and probably John Wilkins's <i>Mercury</i> too: but my feeling is that Milton would have considered the epistemological confidence of the movement to be misplaced. The standard book on all this is Rhodri Lewis's <i>Language, Mind and Nature: Artificial Languages in England from Bacon to Locke</i>. Have a look at that and see where it gets you. </div>
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lionboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495626815042960443noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-7529127919617332242013-12-18T00:07:00.000-08:002013-12-18T00:07:23.366-08:00Babblers vs. Nimrods: Milton on Gods Gatekeeping Ethics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here's my <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6Oi9fnHxByoOXdIY3JVckprSlJLc0hrZnJ4a0xCaU1IMW80/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">final research paper.</a> I plan to submit it to the 2014 English Symposium, “Mightier than the Sword: The Power of Literature and Literacy,” so please feel free to send any critique you may have my way.<br />
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For many
historians, the pamphlet wars of the seventeenth century largely define the
English Revolution as the first modern revolution “complete with a nascent
public sphere, people beginning to perceive themselves as public actors, and,
most importantly, a free press that empowered both” (Wheeler 340). It was in
this context that Milton’s political pamphlets—including <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Areopagitica</i>, which defends the very principles the
seventeenth-century pamphleteering depended on—was published. The novelty of
widespread, printed public debate was not lost on those of Milton’s era. Bookseller
George Thomason, Milton’s friend, collected some 22,000 pamphlets and other
publications between 1640 and 1660 to commemorate their historical significance
(Pooley 231). In contrast, Royalist detractors—publishing their criticism in
pamphlets, ironically—often used post-Babel babble as a symbol for the budding
public sphere and to “restore authority to the King’s language” (Holston 18).<br />
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<span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">When read in this
context, Book XII appears to riff on Royalist Babel rhetoric. The “hoarse and
incoherent warfare” (Abrams 1506) of the pamphleteers may bear a striking
resemblance to Babel’s confusion, but as </span><i style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Paradise
Lost</i><span style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> identifies the Tower of Babel as a throne or royal palace—“what food will
he convey up thither to sustain himself and his rash army,” Adam asks the
archangel, deriding Babel’s royalists—Milton suggests Britain, like Babel was
set in confusion by God to curtail “authority usurped, from God not giv’n”
(XII.66-76). Book XII justifies even artless political pamphlets, “though to
the tyrant thereby no excuse” (96). Evidently Milton believed man’s fall from
Eden was not the only felix culpa in the Bible.</span></div>
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lionboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495626815042960443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-47123484837220994752013-12-17T03:57:00.001-08:002013-12-17T03:57:38.367-08:00My final paper: A reflection<div class="MsoNormal">
Before I go off on explaining my process for finally getting
my act together and completing this final essay, I do just want to make it
clear that I really did learn a lot in this class. I greatly enjoyed the class discussions, and
I feel that I gained a better understanding of how to read and analyze
poetry. I think I understand a little
better just why so many Romantic poets absolutely loved Milton.</div>
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This is the story of how I finally completed my final paper
the hard way. As many in the class may
have noticed, I missed a number of classes, which certainly didn’t help my
ability to keep up with the reading and writing load. I fell way behind in completing this essay,
which is why it was turned in late.
Truth be told, I felt kind of swamped by the material—I mean, how do you
come up with anything remotely original to say about an author who people have
been debating for nearly 400 years? As
such, I felt like I was at a bit of a loss to come up with anything. I was, however, drawn to the idea of looking
first at Milton and Oliver Cromwell, specifically at the idea of Cromwell as
inspiration for Milton’s Satan in <i>Paradise
Lost</i>. I even wrote a <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/milton-cromwell-and-satan.html" target="_blank">short essay</a> on
that subject, which you might now recognize as forming a portion of my final
essay.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I then got interested in looking at the intertextuality of <i>Paradise Lost</i>, especially concerning the
concept of overreachers. I’m fascinated
by way in which the Satan character of <i>PL</i>
was no doubt inspired by previous famous overreachers such as Macbeth,
Tamburlaine, Faust, and Icarus; and the way in which <i>PL</i> in turn inspired other famous overreachers such as Frankenstein,
Don Juan, and Manfred. <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-working-thesis-finally.html" target="_blank">This was initially the track that I wanted to pursue for this final essay.</a> (I started fleshing those ideas out a bit in <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-short-post.html" target="_blank">this blog post</a>.) However, as I gathered resources and read
them, other ideas began to come to me.
As I read about the historical context of Milton and his experiences I
was drawn back in part to a <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/humility-and-active-passivity-in.html" target="_blank">previous blog post</a> that I wrote about what I called
“active passivity” in <i>Paradise Regained</i>. Realizing that I had more to go on if I
pursued that track, I basically changed my entire thesis at the last minute
(which I realize isn’t usually the best thing to do).<o:p></o:p></div>
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My final paper idea really came to me as I was reading
through my secondary texts. I hadn’t
been able to find nearly enough about overreachers on my own, which was the
main frustration that kept me from sticking with my original thesis. One good thing though was that I reached out
to Prof. Burton when I initially proposed that thesis and he turned me toward
the book <i>Renaissance Self-Fashioning</i>
by Stephen Greenblatt, which I used in my final essay and which helped me to
pull my essay together.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m sorry to admit it, but I didn’t utilize the socially
optimized research strategy very well at all.
I found it difficult to reach out to people over things like Google+ and
Facebook and I was never very sure what to ask anyone. If my final essay has suffered, I think more
than anything else it is because of that.
Unfortunately, I’m just not very tech savvy. Frankly, I don’t use social networks at all
even on my own time, so having to do it in a class for academic purposes felt a
little odd, and I don’t think I have quite got the hang of it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I know that my final essay is probably rough, but I hope
that I brought at least a few new perspectives to the table in taking the
historical point-of-view. I submitted my
essay to the Scholars Archive at BYU, where hopefully it can do someone some
good. If I can, I will return to it to
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<!--EndFragment-->Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11701416359052801620noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-21701269424595672242013-12-17T03:18:00.001-08:002013-12-17T03:18:28.617-08:00Final Paper: Ambitions and Passivity: An Examination of Milton and his Works in the Light of Revolution<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5_Nl_YJvSsNMnFQSWZWemN6Nlk/edit" target="_blank">Here</a> is my final paper.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11701416359052801620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-84160051883625944492013-12-17T01:22:00.001-08:002013-12-17T01:29:40.510-08:00There once was a paper...<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">So, here is the finished product of my paper: </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zp6MINZJTXyFfTvXnrKJRWQ5ikPM7DzfeftXM_iNeLo/pub" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;">Ta-Da!</a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px;"> I had a wonderfully positive experience researching and writing it. I think the most fun I had was through networking. Figuring out that there were people on the other side of the country (or planet as the case may be) who were not only interested in what I was interested in, but also interested in how my ideas developed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">One of the turning points for me was probably taking Dr. Burton's suggestion to write a <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/chinese-stuff.html">post</a> about some Chinese ideas relevant to our readings. It was received so well by classmates and friends, I was encouraged to write <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/my-humanist-excercise.html">more</a> about it until eventually having a <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-power-of-feminine-and-power-of-moon.html">topic for a research paper</a> that I thought was too simple to be counted as scholarly. Little did I know that there was a whole <a href="http://www.romanticconnections2014.org/cfp.html">Conference</a> held in Tokyo associated with the local university there completely devoted to Eastern/Western artistic connections.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">After some social proof and research on the <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/seeing-through-mist-of-eurocentricity.html">current debate of Milton and Eastern influence</a>, I was able to submit and abstract and I should hear back some time this month if it's a topic the conference is interested in.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Blog posts from other classmates I found really influential in my ideas' development are found <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-fate-shame-and-destiny.html">here</a>, <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/towards-mormopagitica.html">here</a>, <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/prewriting-for-man-of-sin-miltons-satan.html">here</a>,<a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/beauty-and-hatred-satans-relationship.html"> this one</a>, and<a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/prewriting-exercise-milton-and-othello.html"> this one</a>, actually.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Through this experience, I feel I not only was able to redefine myself as an amalgamation of all my experiences, but it has really shaped how I plan to teach students in the future. I've been learning that culture is something that can change when new elements are introduced into the environment and technology is most definitely one of these elements. It does not have to be our enemy, but can be a tool by which education becomes more effective. Thanks to everyone! I've learned so much from you and you've all made this semester a blast.</span></span></div>
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Jessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00741611657787839044noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-18176653816987747352013-12-16T23:37:00.000-08:002013-12-16T23:37:41.117-08:00A Funny Thing Happened on the Way...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The world is a very non-linear place. I'm not sure when I first realized this fact, but here are the top three BYU experiences (listed in no particular order) that most impressed that fact on me:<br />
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<li>Watching Kurosawa's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042876/" target="_blank">Rashomon</a> at BYU's International Cinema as an undergrad</li>
<li>Discovering the art of the personal essay as Pat Madden read Asymptosy in the Harold B. Lee Library</li>
<li>Reading, researching, and writing about <i>Paradise Lost</i></li>
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<i> </i>Very little went as I imagined it would. I took the class because I wanted to read Milton's grand epic, but found myself most excited when we picked up <i>Areopagitica</i>. I suppose the libertarian literature/media I've been ingesting over the past few years got me primed for Milton's views on gatekeeping, intellectual freedom, etc. Initially, I figured I'd pursue what Chelsea later delved deep into (Snowden and all). But after some conversations with Greg, Google, Gideon, and (of all people) one of the masterminds at More Good Foundation, I thought very seriously about applying <i>Areopagitica</i> to the present shifts in LDS public relations and CES policies (see: <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/towards-mormopagitica.html" target="_blank">Mormopagitica</a>).<br />
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In retrospect, I think I would have enjoyed following the Mormon rabbit further down the rabbit hole, and almost wish I could have a do-over. But when I sat down to write the shorter writing assignment (which, like Greg, I found invaluable), I felt a bit overwhelmed at the prospect of wrapping my head around such a multifaceted issue without the benefit of three-hundred years worth of historians winnowing away at the facts. And I was becoming enamored by both the harmony and dissonance I saw between <i>Areopagitica</i> and <i>Paradise Lost</i>. Specifically, I was fascinated by the fact that Milton decries forcible gatekeeping in <i>Areopagitica</i> as contrary to "the manner of God and nature," but saw a God who Paradise Lost who proscribed the spread of knowledge in a variety of ways. I couldn't help but ask why Milton would have reversed this claim after being so unjustly censored and imprisoned by the restored monarchy.<br />
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Ironically, as I started to research in earnest, I found myself connecting much more frequently in person than online. I think what I appreciated about face-to-face social research was how quickly I was able to get social proof each time. Whether it was a chat with Greg as we crossed campus after class, an intrusion on Gideon or Jason Kerr in their respective offices, or conversation with fellow graduate instructors in the carrels of the JFSB, conversing real-time gave me the chance to instantly pick up some new insight and gauge (sometimes through non-verbal feedback) whether I was on track.<br />
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This was a surprise to me - I've used social media a fair bit over the years in my study of literature and culture. I did a number of searches on both Google+ and Facebook, commented on posts (most of them quite old), Googled my way into <a href="http://reviews.rebeccareid.com/milton-in-may-areopagiatica-and-adam-and-eves-choice-in-paradise-lost/" target="_blank">an LDS literary blogger</a> who did a little cross-analysis of <i>Areopagitica</i> and <i>Paradise Lost</i> a while back, found the contact info of an Oxford professor (William Poole) who wrote one of the articles I was most intrigued by, and emailed/Facebook messaged a slough of friends with a variety of questions. But I saw very little come of it. In retrospect, I wish I had reported my lack of findings on this blog along the way - maybe I was doing something wrong and one of you could have helped correct me?<br />
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One point of digital contact that did prove fruitful was when I sent an email to the guy who writes Ships of Hagoth with me - Jacob Bender. I sent him a bunch of my research notes and he sent back some great feedback. By that time, I was really interested in how understanding the Universal Language Movement might inform my reading of Book XII. Here's an excerpt from his response:<br />
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I think your idea that God confounded language to break the
control of tyrants is really cool. You might remember that in Orwell's
1984, one mechanism of state-control by the Party was simplifying
English into NewSpeak; also, ascribing illegibility to the Subaltern so
as to deny them voice is also a major theme in Post-Colonial theory,
especially in the writings of Gyatari Spivak and Homi Bhaba; so it's an
intriguing idea that God renders the Tyrant unintelligible so as to
break his power--God turns the tables on the Powerful, uses their own
tricks against them, so to speak. If revolutionary-potential within PL
is what you're honing in on, that might be the route to keep running
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Bender's reference to NewSpeak reminded me about a quote I found from Dante's Inferno--where the King of Babel is found to damned to remain half-buried with an eternal language barier (he can neither understand nor be understood by anyone who chances upon him), and that connected to something I read about how some Royalists who were critical of the nascent public sphere (i.e. the pamphlet wars) viewed the creation of a new, perfect language as a way of cleansing public discourse of dissent/heterodoxy. This opened up a whole new angle for me and became a central theme through the majority of my paper.<br />
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So I suppose the digital social stuff was awfully fruitful after all. Maybe this is the same sort of success rate many of you have? At any rate, I'm sure I wouldn't have had either the face-to-face or digital discussion the best bits of my paper have come to depend on.lionboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14495626815042960443noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-8060833655281466852013-12-16T23:36:00.002-08:002013-12-16T23:37:39.863-08:00Adventures in MiltonlandWe made it! Hooray!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJoKxjI6asip4kWOAMduGUclB3EPqsNr5Ut8YU8MuxhuUl5XwLBqYd0HzrDksW2gKR7uY_bfQioE5OFBF_7tEf1qp98unuCFd8STP-p1wkKd4yT3Nyzo07t77RRAk_IZ9HsFWHuM1omUX/s1600/keep-calm-finals-are-almost-over-7.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOJoKxjI6asip4kWOAMduGUclB3EPqsNr5Ut8YU8MuxhuUl5XwLBqYd0HzrDksW2gKR7uY_bfQioE5OFBF_7tEf1qp98unuCFd8STP-p1wkKd4yT3Nyzo07t77RRAk_IZ9HsFWHuM1omUX/s200/keep-calm-finals-are-almost-over-7.png" width="171" /></a>To say I'm completely satisfied with my final paper would be a stretch, but I tend to never be satisfied with my final product when writing a research paper. Always one more thing to add or change to make it better. However, one of the things that strengthened my paper and guiding it to where it ended up was the specific research approaches we took in this class. The process to write this paper was very refreshing, and I even used similar strategies to write a Poe-Hitchcock comparison paper for another class in which I was struggling to find sources for. It was quite the journey, and a good one too.<br />
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From the beginning of my experience with Milton's epic, I was intrigued by the character of Satan and his experience in Paradise Lost. Portrayed as a hero, as I discussed <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/09/satan-and-achilles-true-heroism.html" target="_blank">in this blog post</a>, he was both likeable and detestable at the same time, probably because we saw within him reflections of our own selves and the struggles we face each day. In writing my first paper for the class, a comparison of the fates of Satan and Eve, I was intrigued by Satan's rhetoric and how closely it resembled Milton's call for freedom in <i>The Tenure Of Kings and Magistrates</i>. I couldn't help but think about how this same mindset is present in modern political thought and <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/waving-banner-of-freedom-for-personal.html" target="_blank">my pre-write</a> for my final paper helped me to nail down the connection further.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIZBaosrtwaD0lq2beITKfTBHzfZe4OCDpWYNsUyhXUKWDJ8ozrN2Z1N9qb6AAJQ-YlSngg93TUvI5s3WVbWhi3t-yhdhsrduOKaUYdUTX8qT9pMyygSBTu-H49_KOAF2aq3MCbVEJXKd/s1600/colbert.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIZBaosrtwaD0lq2beITKfTBHzfZe4OCDpWYNsUyhXUKWDJ8ozrN2Z1N9qb6AAJQ-YlSngg93TUvI5s3WVbWhi3t-yhdhsrduOKaUYdUTX8qT9pMyygSBTu-H49_KOAF2aq3MCbVEJXKd/s320/colbert.jpg" width="320" /></a>From there I turned to the interwebs, seeking evidence of "freedom" centered rhetoric that proved selfish and destructive like Satan's experience in <i>Paradise Lost</i>. I felt that I wanted to get an idea of what the average American thought about the government restricting freedom and what needed to be done about it. I went everywhere from yahoo answers about "Is the Government taking away our freedom?" to posting the question on Facebook to see what rhetoric people would react with. One of my greatest searches in this field was actually through a bunch of <a href="http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/401901/november-09-2011/the-word---bully-pulpit" target="_blank">Comedy Central Colbert Reports</a>
(How can any true American not love Stephen Colbert, I mean seriously).
The satirical comedy was actual pretty helpful in seeing through
examples of selfish policies tirading under the banner of freedom and
liberty, and gave me a few chuckles to give me energy to push through the research process.<br />
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Next came some more professional opinions on the subject, from blogs by <a href="http://www.politicsofselfishness.com/2013/11/should-government-protect-the-interests-of-the-few-or-the-many.html" target="_blank">government participants</a> like Paul Nevins, to a book I found for a reasonable price on Amazon called <i>America and the Limits of the Politics of Selfishness </i>by political science professor Sidney Waldman at Haverford College in Philadelphia. It was fairly simple to find copious sources to choose from since I was delving into a political subject and a few quick searches with different combinations of "America," "Freedom," "Selfishness," and "Individualism" gave me plenty to work with. Scholarly sources were easy to come by as well. I primarily used JSTOR to find a few articles on Milton and the works I wrote on, and one of the <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/heyj.12004/abstract" target="_blank">articles</a> Greg mentioned in his research listed proved to be a great help to my analysis of the character of Satan and his extreme individualism.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZel8JRllHemN31coDIZ6RmZz45879UTBtF8aQf2nBcYlTAzrqaWgA6KmUN7jpnveSnvUlFoRSfoANXBeP7Mhm4jM5JOFg9Mc6ONeXBt8bsmZ0uREk5862A2Ox_2DKwwwPDnG4LapnW1js/s1600/political-pictures-joe-biden-more-crazy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZel8JRllHemN31coDIZ6RmZz45879UTBtF8aQf2nBcYlTAzrqaWgA6KmUN7jpnveSnvUlFoRSfoANXBeP7Mhm4jM5JOFg9Mc6ONeXBt8bsmZ0uREk5862A2Ox_2DKwwwPDnG4LapnW1js/s320/political-pictures-joe-biden-more-crazy1.jpg" width="320" /></a>The problem I faced after researching was I had too many ideas about the subject I wanted to write on, and not enough time or energy to cover them all. I felt pretty comfortable in the Milton side of my argument and what I wanted to cover there but what exactly to focus on in the political theory side of things quickly became something larger than I could handle. This is where my interactions with experts helped quite a bit. I wrote an email to Dr Waldman, seeking advice and further insight on the subject discussed in his book but never received a response. However even in struggling to compose an email I thought suitable to send to an expert I found some ground and narrowed my ideas further.<br />
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Where I really found success was in turning inward to BYU. I decided to start scrolling through current Political Science classes that were being taught this semester and to see if there were any classes being taught about similar ideas, to find professors who had the topics of freedom and individualism fresh in their minds. This is where I found Dr Ralph Hancock who was teaching a class on Western Political Heritage. I managed to catch him during his office hours last Monday and although I didn't have a lot of time to discuss my ideas with him, he helped to point me towards a few <a href="http://squaretwo.org/Sq2ArticleHancockProp8.html" target="_blank">articles</a> he had written and see where I could make my discussion easier to handle in a 10-12 page paper. Great experience.<br />
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Deciding on submission was difficult to say the least (nothing more terrifying than putting your work out there to be eaten alive by others) and I finally decided on submitting my paper to Criterion like a few others in the class.<br />
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I loved the opportunity to explore different aspects of the research process in this class and discovering Milton through so many lenses. I hope to use many of these methods in the future to enhance my future writing experiences as a student at BYU. And who knows, maybe I just might build up the courage to submit a few other papers in the future to conferences and journals. Sounds pretty exciting to me!<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17110517683044038200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-64135611432920234252013-12-16T19:55:00.001-08:002013-12-16T19:55:18.797-08:00ReflectionLike many of my peers, I also (relatively) enjoyed writing this paper because I'd come to love my self-chosen topic over the course of the semester. We had ample opportunity to reach out-I used blogs, traditional articles and interviewed with a Milton professor, Dr. Kim Johnson, on campus. <div>
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Typically, my papers are a less than three day process-outline, then write. I wrote my first paper on the female pursuit of knowledge in Milton's works. I did much research, several blog posts and discussed the idea in my Transatlantic Literature/Women's Studies class. Dr. Siegfried and Dr. Johnson helped me formulate a narrower scope-Milton's portrayal of Eve as evidence of his "Feminism". Overall, I am very happy with my paper. </div>
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I was surprised to hear back from the conference I submitted my paper to-no acceptance/denial yet-but still, it was more exciting than I thought it would be. For me, I have learned not to be so afraid of reaching out to others. People have a lot to say and experts love to be asked about their topics of expertise, so why not glean from their wisdom? In talking with my Transatlantic Lit class, several Milton classmates and multiple professors, I definitely put more effort into understanding my subject than I really have ever done for a paper. It's something I will try to do in the future. </div>
ashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528786431151966314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-52888935275779788562013-12-16T19:33:00.000-08:002013-12-16T19:35:26.069-08:00Which key?: Unlocking Milton (social proof and scholarship)<a href="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/vesilvio/vesilvio1105/vesilvio110500003/9469990-old-lock-and-key-detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/vesilvio/vesilvio1105/vesilvio110500003/9469990-old-lock-and-key-detail.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don’t think I have ever been more satisfied with a research paper in my whole career of paper writing! Maybe its because I had it almost entirely done a full day before it was due or because my ideas had had plenty of conversation and percolation. I actually managed to get to the point where <i>I </i>was in control of the paper rather than the paper in control of me.<br />
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The Milton controversy with Christianity and paganism was something we talked about from the beginning of the course. My blog posts pretty well document the progression of my idea itself (first <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/milton-classical-philosophers-vs-christ.html" target="_blank">here</a>, then <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/christ-vs-classical-learning-miltons.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/annotated-bibliography-research-process.html" target="_blank">here</a>). I initially thought I would focus on what kind of Christ Milton was depicting and why. But research, interviewing with Dr. Burton, and some of your suggestions led me more in the direction of why the use and then rejection of classical allusions and just letting the Christ and Christianity aspect work itself in.<br />
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The social proof aspect was what I think really made this project for me. Realizing that anyone could be a potential help, even if its just that I am able to reach a higher plane in talking with them made it exciting. I bounced ideas off of my husband, was super helpful in that regard. We so often assume people won’t be interested that we don’t say anything. (But really, we are writing the paper so that people will be interested, right? And if we hope to publish we need people to be interested.)<br />
Another cool moment (that didn’t even hit me till right now) was actually in talking with my mother-in-law. In passing she asked what my paper was about, while I was working on it and I started to go through my thoughts. We had a nice little conversation about it, about Christ and classical learning, etc. What I had forgotten was that she was born and raised in the Catholic church before she became a member of the LDS faith and so had more of a background in to Milton’s world and what he was dealing with than I ever will. As it was, our brief talk helped me start to think more along the lines of what of Milton’s environment would have lead him to write what he did.<br />
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I started to get a little anxious-crazy when I realized I had a question and a good start on research but not really an answer. My vital claim was missing. Turning to the text in an in-depth effort to locate the bits and pieces I had been finding in my research cleared this up for me. The text sparked my question and after a look at what was going on, gaining an understanding of the pertinent background other than my own limited one, my answering could be found by returning to the text.<br />
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It’s like finding a lock and searching the whole house for the key. Once you’ve found a couple likely ones you can’t remember exactly what the lock looks like and so you have to take them all back to see which one fits.<br />
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Enthusiast and expert social proof quest was invaluable. My classical traditions professor (a combination of the two) was <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/social-proof-update.html" target="_blank">wonderfully helpful</a>, reminding me of things we had talked about in class that connected with what Milton was doing as well as other sources. I only wish I would have asked her sooner so as to be able to better explore all of her suggestions.<br />
<a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/social-proof-efforts-pt-1.html" target="_blank">My email</a> to Dr. Lewalski was immensely helpful, even though I didn’t receive a response. (I honestly and no idea how influential she was regarding Milton. Paraphrasing Jon, I didn’t know enough to be intimidated.) Considering the questions in as politely conversational yet as clearly and concisely as I could helped me place in context why I was asking her what I was asking which helped solidify what I had conjectured to be the most probably responses.<br />
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Knowing that I was heading for submission to publish was daunting, but in the same way exciting. In a way that pushed me to really work out my paper. I realized that in the past I would gloss over weak spots or potential holes in the logic of everything in order just to get the paper done. Not so with this one! I submitted my paper to the British Milton Seminar as well as the BYU scholar archive. I think it is significant to this audience because throughout all of my studying I didn’t find even a hint of people discussing the portion of <i>Paradise Regained</i> regarding classical learning (or much of <i>Paradise Regained </i>at all) which I think is a pity. And this is a seminar all about new and original study regarding Milton. Obviously, since I wrote on it, I think this aspect is really important to how we read Milton, understanding his mindset when including and employing classical learning in his texts. In comparison with <i>Paradise Lost</i>, <i>Paradise Regained</i> is punted aside as the low budget sequel, when, as one of the last things Milton was able to write <i>and</i> publish before his death, it holds more importance than it is given.<br />
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Anyway. To close, just a little more reflection.<br />
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Leaving class every day I would feel like “Wow! The world we live in and the technology we have is awesome!” Going through the lectures especially regarding Twitter, Google+, social networking and social proof, the limits just seemed endless. Reality punched me back down a little bit, there is a definite process involved here. Its like weaving a very large web, that takes a lot of reinforcing. But I am so excited that I’ve managed to find a part in it. From now on its just a give-and-take process of finding, contacting, conversing with people. My conclusion and goal is to put out more, establishing a presence within the networks I am interested in will be extremely helpful working on later projects. </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00316943317872314677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-77662838653738979152013-12-16T16:58:00.001-08:002013-12-16T16:58:46.710-08:00The Incredible Journey through Paradise Lost <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BaqZuLePq4ZUVXo5mIP8PVFJV3GUcw3dQG4lgzuTsyKZ0sTc6lDXtKrHmem2dlQ_fpxiCSDjsjAy-y3o-r3eNOQYbDv7nVtn-aiVrvpgDpqPr1Iq66tKMgDtNSCiAnv_qocIFCUL7aIg/s1600/Paradise_Lost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BaqZuLePq4ZUVXo5mIP8PVFJV3GUcw3dQG4lgzuTsyKZ0sTc6lDXtKrHmem2dlQ_fpxiCSDjsjAy-y3o-r3eNOQYbDv7nVtn-aiVrvpgDpqPr1Iq66tKMgDtNSCiAnv_qocIFCUL7aIg/s320/Paradise_Lost.jpg" width="320" /></a>When I was reading <i>Paradise Lost</i>, I was instantly drawn to the character Satan. I found his character, his language and his almost protagonist role to be much more fascinating than any other character in the poem. I knew that I wanted to write my paper on an aspect of him. In one of my posts I talked about how I noticed some human characteristics in Satan <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/honesty-in-satan-paradox.html">link</a>. Another blog post showed how I had noticed some similarities between Satan and Milton <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/miltons-personal-influence-on-satan-in.html">link</a>. I decided to focus on this aspect, which was how my first topic came about. I looked at this relationship from a religious point of view, trying to see how there may be a correlation between Milton's radical religious ideas and Satan's character. However, as I did my social media research and bounced my ideas around with friends, scholars and Professor Burton, I changed my argument to Milton using Satan as a tool to prove that rhetoric and words are separate from morality, thus making Milton's connection to Satan more rhetorical than moral.<br />
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First of all, I talked to several friends about my idea. One of them, Cheri, is an English major so she offered some insights into my topic and helped me bounce ideas around. I posted my ideas on Facebook to get feedback on my ideas from friends. Some helped me refine my wording of my thesis. I also contacted some scholars like Jeffrey Shoulson and Stella Revard, who helped me to look at my argument in different angles, leading me to revise my argument from the religious to rhetorical focus. I also talked with one of my coworkers at the writing center who helped refine my topic more to focus on the fact that Milton is using Satan as a tool for rhetoric. <br />
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I kept track of my research through research logs and putting quotes on word documents. If I found a person I thought might help, I wrote down the name and where I got the reference from. When reading sources, if I liked a certain saying, I would write down the quote, who it came from, and if applicable, what page number. I also kept bookmarks of certain webpages, such as the Milton Society of America. My email notified me when people were contributing to the discussion thread that I had posted on MiltonL.<br />
I used Twitter to look up organizations such as the Digital Public Library and various professors. It was actually through Twitter that I found Dr Margaret Kean, a professor well versed in Milton. I also used Academia.edu and MiltonL to connect with other scholars and Milton enthusiasts. I worked through the Milton Society of America to find papers and people doing research on Milton and Satan.<br />
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As for traditional scholarship, I worked mainly through books. I searched a few through the library catalog and then I looked among nearby shelves to find relevant information. Looking around nearby shelves actually helped a lot, since I found some books that were actually a bit more helpful for my topic than the book I was originally searching for. I also looked up articles through MLA Bibliography and found some relevant articles. I went to Ebrary and found a book that was really helpful in looking at milton's rhetoric. I used tips from the scholars I had talked to and researched different books and authors.<br />
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I decided to submit my paper to the BYU student journal Criterion. I think this paper will be relevant to my audience because the journal deals in mainly literary criticism. The fact that my paper deals in analyzing Milton's rhetorical elements in Satan in Paradise Lost will be relevant to the critical thinking nature of this journal.<br />
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Overall, I'm glad for the experience I had in reading Milton's works and learning more about this great poet. It's been a great time and I have a new appreciation for John Milton and his masterpiece, <i>Paradise Lost.</i><br />
Heather Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12815549015744041546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-79219204983255020692013-12-16T16:38:00.001-08:002013-12-16T16:39:52.362-08:00Dr. Milton or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Social ProofNow that the initial "Praise the Lord it's done!" phase of my paper is over, it's quite nice to take a look back over my writing process and see how I succeeded and how I need to improve. This assignment was a bit different from most others I'd had, and it was interesting to flex some academic muscles I wasn't too familiar with.<br />
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I must admit, most of my research was done at my laptop, usually bundled up in my duvet with a mug of hot chocolate. This is how I work best, and so I maintained the habit, but I did do a few things differently in my traditional researching stage. I used <a href="https://delicious.com/laineyluu" target="_blank">Delicious </a> to gather some of my less scholarly sources, and I've found I really like this tool. It allows me to pin a topic to my page without making a bookmark, and on the site itself I found a few sources that led me to those I used in my paper. The HBLL website was a little less useful for this paper. I couldn't find topics related to my own, and while it was a good place to start it helped me <br />
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realized I did indeed need social proof for my essay.<br />
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The social proof part of my essay was a bit scary, and when I say a bit I mean very. I would start an email to a professor or scholar, but as I wrote I would start to feel my query was infantile and after a few frustrating restarts I'd just scrap the whole thing. Fortunately I finally mustered up the courage to contact <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/professor-kerr-is-my-hero.html" target="_blank">Professor Kerr</a>, who was more helpful than I can describe. His thoughts and recommended source shaped my essay dramatically, and I feel a bit sad that I didn't take advantage of this learning outlet further. I also contacted Professor Burton about a tricky line from <i>Paradise Regained</i>, and his take on the passage proved to be quite useful. I didn't include thoughts from my peers on my subject, primarily because none of them had studied Milton enough to where they felt comfortable talking about his works in detail. I'm sure they were being modest, but I've realized that I should expand my social networking circles to include more people who share my academic interests.<br />
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The primary texts were the main source for my paper, and I quite enjoyed examining them. I chose selections from <i>Paradise Lost</i>, <i>Paradise Regained</i>, and <i>Samson Agonistes</i>, and I quoted extensively. I feel there was an imbalance with my sources in this, since about 80% were from primary texts, so in the future I'll include more secondary sources. However, I do feel that Milton's works are the most important part in writing an essay about them, and I'm happy I incorporated them.<br />
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My paper changed <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/thoughts-about-samson-agonistes.html" target="_blank">a lot</a> through the writing process, more so than any other paper I've completed. Looking back it's interesting to see how my sources, especially the social ones, influenced my writing and topic, and I look forward to my future endeavors where I plan to utilize the skills we've learned further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-36716827523308024012013-12-16T14:57:00.002-08:002013-12-16T14:58:09.922-08:00The End Wow, has this paper just stressed me to the point of insanity. I don't know what it was about this particular assignment, but I think I kind of wanted to show everyone (okay, mostly just myself) that I don't have to like an author to write a good paper.<br />
Which brings me to my next point: no, I did not grow to love Milton that much. Despite the fact that I named my fish after him, he just didn't stick out to me. I'm still glad that I chose this major authors course over the others because at least I've learned something about the works and the life of an author other than Shakespeare...who I am sick of.<br />
I'm not used to being very social about my school work, especially papers or essays, but the first step in socially optimized research is to TELL PEOPLE. I don't necessarily procrastinate enough to be considered really irresponsible, but I do like going at my own pace. The last unit of this class, the research unit, has been the most difficult for me. To talk to everyone about the progress of my paper (or lack thereof) is just way out of the ordinary for me, but near the end, I had several people (like my parents, an old high school teacher) reading drafts of my paper to give me feedback. but I can already see how I'm going to benefit from it.<br />
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For example, the library. This place is seriously fantastic. There are books on everything in there, and there are librarians and people at the help desks that <i>want </i>to help you! I'm so used to doing hours of research online, even on scholarly archives, and I did not find half as much material as I did with half an hour in the library. I only wish I had come to my senses sooner and learned to use this resource earlier in my BYU career.<br />
I was pretty set on my topic of the humanity of Satan, but got really silly about some of you other classmates writing about it as well. Professor Burton told me that this could actually be a good thing, because I could use some of the sources some other people did, etc. But not only was I scared of my paper being easily compared to others, but I wanted a paper for my own for some reason, so I felt like I was settling on comparing the characters of Eve and Dalila. Only when I actually started my research did I really get into the topic and realize how much information there is out there. The information wasn't always a traditional source though, but I learned this wasn't a bad thing. In fact, if it was something on Google+ or our very own Blogger, I was able to contact that person talking and actually have a live conversation about the topic.<br />
I published my paper on the BYU Scholar Archive on the same day that it was due on the blog. This is a cool little place where BYU students can submit their work for viewing, even for feedback. It's intriguing to think that my work could be read at any time by any student, and, knowing that fact, I approached this paper differently. I know that expecting my professor to read it should be enough to do a great job, but the requirement to publish it made me work even harder.<br />
I'm pleased with what I've learned from this class about, yes, Milton... but surprisingly, I'm even more grateful for what I've learned about the research process. I hope to do better in the future because of these new techniques. Thank you all for being there through this course with me.<br />
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<br />Miss Anthropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15072388281569671229noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-43637692121119709162013-12-16T12:15:00.000-08:002013-12-16T12:17:35.983-08:00My Experience with Milton<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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To start off, I had to take this last opportunity to post a picture of Paradise Lost, the band that has plagued all of our research efforts.<br />
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Now on to the story of my paper. I didn't come up with the idea for my topic by any noble means. I just enjoy disagreeing with people. I thought that it was just too easy to read Adam as symbolic of humanity and asked myself, "why could that be wrong?" Since it's so much more fun to prove people wrong than it is to prove them right, I stuck with that topic and it turned into what I hope is a decent paper. (If not, I blame the Fall.)<br />
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I developed my argument mainly through the text of <i>Paradise Lost</i> itself. When I met with Dr. Burton during the semester, he told me that I have a good idea, but I am lacking the "so what?" implications of my argument. So, I expanded my paper to include the concept that if Adam is read as the paradigm of humanity, it contradicts what Milton felt about Renaissance Humanity and Christianity. I found a lot of primary source material in <i>Of Education</i> and other Christian doctrine texts that supported my new claim.<br />
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I struggled to find any secondary sources that support my argument, but Dr. Burton suggested that I find secondary sources that I can argue against. As I've already mentioned, I really enjoy disagreeing with people and that really worked to my advantage when I approached these sources under a new mindset. Just a few suggestions from Dr. Burton really changed the direction of my paper for the better, which is essentially social proofing in action. The other sources I went to for social proof weren't as effective, but I learned a lot just from finding people to try and work with. People I now follow on Twitter or Facebook groups have spent a lot of time and effort looking at these topics and it was helpful to find live communities who are engaged in Milton studies and get a feel for contemporary dialogue.<br />
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I hope that, whether or not people agree with the argument my paper is making, they will still find the essence of the article to be helpful. By this I mean that it is important to not make interpretive assumptions but to branch out and find out new information on ideas we may just be taking for granted and weren't necessarily grounded in fact.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617501653228400092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-27141784006809824862013-12-16T09:17:00.001-08:002013-12-16T09:17:51.041-08:00Looking Back and Moving Forward<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDp19dlFGZl95GGVt8WJFbA_xRErtqDNviwbn0hi2hkQUmJ8u3OfVe459d7EfiYoA-LQF14PmjAxztvI996gPqqfZyId2MAiFx4AkxA9bbQ2RHtJGd4Bin6bulvyIHwRIUr4AMEfo0c_E/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDp19dlFGZl95GGVt8WJFbA_xRErtqDNviwbn0hi2hkQUmJ8u3OfVe459d7EfiYoA-LQF14PmjAxztvI996gPqqfZyId2MAiFx4AkxA9bbQ2RHtJGd4Bin6bulvyIHwRIUr4AMEfo0c_E/s320/images.jpg" width="260" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ell, as the semester comes to a close, I wanted to talk a little bit about my research process for the <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/man-of-sin-complete-at-last.html">paper</a> that I finished last week on the humanity of John Milton's Satan figure in <i>Paradise Lost. </i>They say that sometimes looking back on where you've been can be one of the most important things in helping you to move forward, and Heaven knows well enough that with graduation soon approaching, I could use some perspective.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ll in the all, I really enjoyed researching the topic. It's one of the most fundamental concepts in understanding <i>Paradise Lost</i>, and I felt like there was a little place cut out for me in terms of being able to contribute to the overall conversation. My research really began with Stanley Fish's <i>Surprised by Sin</i>, one of the most influential works of criticism for <i>PL. </i>I started reading it about a month into the semester and got through most of it by the time that I needed to start actually drafting, so it was really influential in terms of helping me to form my research question. I build my question around a question that I felt Fish had neglected to some extent, that Satan can in some sense be seen as a regular human character with regular human vices. As a result, my paper was largely a response to his criticism. I got some really valuable feedback along the way, though, and that really helped to shape my research.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">P</span>eers really helped me to better define my thesis, and it helped a lot to have a<a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/man-of-sin-miltons-satan-figure-as.html"> mini-paper</a> at mid-semester, because it gave me a chance to delve into these ideas a bit and get something more formalized in terms of organizing my ideas. I first distributed a thesis statement on Facebook, from which I got some really useful resources and feedback from friends and peers. I detail some of the responses under the social graph heading in my <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/an-exploratory-annotated-bibliography.html">annotated bibliography</a>. Various classmates provided critical feedback as well, including Jake , who was a sounding board for my ideas throughout the research process, and Heather, who pointed me to C.S. Lewis's <i>Preface to Paradise Lost,</i> which was not only an enjoyable read but was also a big help in terms of better understanding different perspectives on Milton's Satan figure.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span>n addition to feedback from peers and friends, I got some great resources thanks to some social discovery that I carried out. This <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/social-proof-and-preliminary-writing.html">post</a> details a response that I received from Paris Kaye, a writer and Milton enthusiast, and <a href="http://doublequid.blogspot.com/2013/11/bridging-divide-social-proof-in-action.html">here</a>, I talk about the feedback that Harold Bloom gave me. I'm pleased to say that Mr. Kaye has been really interested in my research and has since then contacted me of his own accord to see how my research is going. I'm sending him my final paper for feedback.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span>n my final paper, I ended up using a number of scholarly resources that I found through other people, including Lewis's <i>Preface to Paradise Lost </i>(thanks to Heather), Jung's <i>Answers to Job </i>(suggested by Mr. Kaye), and a number of others that didn't end up in my actual paper but which helped to shape my thinking about the work as a whole. Overall, however, I tried to emphasize the primary texts themselves, especially <i>Paradise Lost. </i>I ended up using information and quotes from <i>Samson Agonistes, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, </i>and "Areopagitica," and I relied heavily on quotation as a way of justifying my claims. This was necessary in trying to meet Fish and his claims, as my claim is one for which I found little secondary scholarship (i.e. pertaining particularly to the idea of decoupling the Satan figure from Satan and seeing him as human).<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A</span>nyway, I'm excited to start hearing back from some of the venues that I contacted about publication. I'll keep people posted on any developments. For now, though, that's all. Greg signing out.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730559977449669957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-25279611629834434242013-12-16T07:55:00.003-08:002013-12-16T07:55:44.111-08:00Venue Submission Report!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was looking for places to submit my paper, and I wasn't having much luck until Elise posted <a href="http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/54313" target="_blank">this</a> source. From their website:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Journal strives to publish research work of high quality related to Literature written in English Language across the World, English language and literary theory. The aim of the journal is to give space to scholars and researchers to publish their works."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel it suits my topic fairly well. I was initially a little shy about submitting my paper, as I feel it's not up to snuff for publication, but this call for papers has an editor as part of the process, an experience I'd love to have! </span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-5435519150045767392013-12-15T03:13:00.001-08:002013-12-15T03:13:59.808-08:00On the Creation of Modern Comparison<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I'll be honest: there's very little of Milton that I felt any connection to. Scott wrote a <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/09/eliot-and-milton.html">post</a> about T.S. Eliot and his thoughts on Milton, and I responded to it with the following: "<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Verbose inefficiency seems a good description for what I've been annoyed with."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">There were only a few times that I found myself interested in Milton's work. Those times were his Divorce Tracts and </span></span><i style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Areopagitica</i><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">. That's not to say that I didn't find class discussions and the primary texts interesting. I just mean to say that Milton didn't astound me with his poetry the way that Eliot does. I don't like very much poetry, so I will always be more fond of prose.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">But there was just something about </span></span><i style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Areopagitica </i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I could connect with. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press have always been important to me. I have spent countless nights talking until well past sunrise with a close friend about issues such as CISPA, SOPA, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, along with other issues, past and present. How they connect. I started </span></span><span style="line-height: 16px;">writing <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/cispa-modern-censorship-parallel.html">several</a> <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/10/censorship-in-name-of-security.html">blog</a> <a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/11/a-well-documented-modern-parallel.html">posts</a> about the connections because of those discussions.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Those blog posts spurred my decision to write about modern connections to Milton. I wrote a Facebook post and tagged friends I knew were interested in the Snowden leaks and the NSA, and I was able to get a bunch of useful information. I also emailed </span><a href="http://teammilton.blogspot.com/2013/12/social-interaction.html" style="line-height: 16px;">Dr. Kerr</a><span style="line-height: 16px;">, and he was able to offer me some good information, and he further helped me edit my paper when I met with him last week. He was able to give me some names of good books and sources to look at, and I was able to find most of my articles regarding Snowden online via my own research and some help from friends. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">After reviewing <i>Areopagitica</i>, I decided that I should narrow my focus to a more biographical approach on Milton and use just a few quotes from his work to connect it to the modern day example. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I wasn't overly ambitious with submitting my work, but I submitted it to Criterion, BYU's literary criticism journal. The prompt was "Why Literature?" and I figured that my paper answers that question really quite well. Literature matters because it helps us learn from connecting it to modern goings on. Literature matters because it helps us learn from the past in order to make the future better. In the case of Milton, his work makes us realize that we need people like Edward Snowden that do what they believe is right in the name of protecting liberty, particularly the freedom of speech and the right to privacy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">I think that my work will be relevant to my audience mainly because it deals with a modern day example that people can relate to. While people don't necessarily believe they can relate to Milton, this gives them an opportunity to approach a work that they might not otherwise not have and realize that many of the issues that Milton was wrestling with are still a big deal today. It engages people with a modern issue and utilizes it to inform people about something they are otherwise unfamiliar with. </span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293752144111620390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-55032809116388716992013-12-13T20:43:00.001-08:002013-12-13T20:43:12.744-08:00Venue SubmissionI emailed a proposal and attached my paper to Dr. Corns with the British Milton Seminar. I doubt I'd be able to attend but it was a neat experience to actually submit a paper to a conference!<br />
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I also submitted my paper to the BYU Scholars Archive.ashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01528786431151966314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-65867182102009836702013-12-13T18:56:00.001-08:002013-12-16T08:51:48.795-08:00Man of Sin: Complete at Last!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Well, it's done! I'm finished with my paper, and I've submitted it to a couple of different venues. Here's the link for anyone interested in reading the full version.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04730559977449669957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-72733911436367700722013-12-13T12:46:00.001-08:002013-12-14T16:47:47.131-08:00Publication Venues and an UPDATESo after much searching I'm in the process of submitting to <a href="http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/54281" target="_blank">this call for papers</a>. It fits relatively well. I have to submit a CV and 300 words abstract. Has any of the other venues you guys are planning on submitting to asked for a curriculum vitae? It makes sense I just didn't realize it was common.<br />
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I'm sad <a href="http://johnmilton.org/category/recent-publications/call-for-papers/" target="_blank">this CFP</a> has already passed because my papers fits along with it beautifully! But its nearly 2 years old. Oh well.<br />
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Wait!! I just stumbled on another <a href="http://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/node/54313" target="_blank">venue</a>. I'm liking this fit better so I'm going to send them an email and see if I can submit.<br />
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So the 3rd venue I talked about above had a $550 article handling fee, so I decided against for fear I might somehow actually be accepted and then have to pay it.<br />
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I also sent a proposal to the British Milton Seminar.<br />
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Also, for those interested, I found this bit of submission etiquette or <a href="http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/IJEL/publication-ethics" target="_blank">publication ethics</a> that I wasn't aware of.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00316943317872314677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-35847055021778003202013-12-13T11:36:00.000-08:002013-12-13T11:36:27.089-08:00Milton's Paradox: Justifying Classical AllusionsWhoa, I missed the memo we were posting these on here;] So <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Dfl3cbRmAS9SYtdmlwt3LcSrAvTkMnIBQQRleXpYu8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here's</a> mine!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00316943317872314677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-69830876066055819142013-12-13T07:03:00.002-08:002013-12-13T07:03:45.310-08:00Hunger in Paradise: Appetite as Character Development in the Works of MiltonHere's my <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-J94bK2Tj4Lr2yuEv7G5Kgw6tkMo3PVhMN2FLlEbFjQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">google doc </a> for my final paper!<br />
<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-40839076064754226682013-12-12T16:03:00.000-08:002013-12-12T16:03:08.736-08:00A Message to Today: Why Milton Matters in Relation to the Edward Snowden LeaksHere is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t_1y7A6l-_uO1fTSTj5g37trpojHiilTJ9xgr4LBAHo/edit?usp=sharing">link</a> to my final paper.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00293752144111620390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-5167635512605924792013-12-11T23:50:00.000-08:002013-12-11T23:50:07.000-08:00Final Paper: Satan's Rhetoric and Morality in Paradise Lost Here's the paper! Good luck everyone in finals!<br />
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/7fpkxtms3bchvf0/research%20paper%20.docx<br />
<br />Heather Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12815549015744041546noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-48573382864115591292013-12-11T22:57:00.005-08:002013-12-11T22:57:39.148-08:00Final Paper- Adam and the IndividualPosted the paper <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HKhE2ynXsr-LLMT1RSf6FYqhJWFKKetUPUZI3cDdK3k/edit?usp=sharing">here</a> on Google Docs. My computer is being a pain, so let me know in the comments if the link is broken or something is up.<div>
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Thanks everyone and good luck with wrapping up this semester.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13617501653228400092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8899091925608643176.post-77238668113634976212013-12-11T22:49:00.002-08:002013-12-11T22:49:39.203-08:00Carmen Thorley--Final Research PaperPosted on Google Drive!<br />
Thank goodness this is done, right? Right? Ha.<br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jIoBSw5ZjVn_imikrnhPPUcXTy52pg3WT64bH5525rs/edit">Comparison of Milton's Portrayals of Eve and Dalila and so forth...</a><br />
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