ENGLIT 1141 - JOHN MILTON AND HIS LITERARY AFTERLIVES

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course studies the works and literary legacies of John Milton, the controversial intellectual titan of 17th-century England. We will read a representative selection of Milton's writing from all stages of his life, with the aim of tracking the literary, intellectual, and political development of a radical early modern thinker. Texts might include some of his early shorter poems; Milton's masque, popularly known as Comus; his epic poems, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained; his tragedy, Samson Agonistes; and selections from Milton's treatises on various public debates. We will read Milton's work closely in ways that reveal its participation in the major transformations in scientific thought, government, religion, and political economy that define early modernity. Through the study of Milton alongside literary and critical works that engage directly with Milton's own writing or indirectly with Miltonic concerns and legacies, we will also gain an understanding of how historical controversies and texts from the past remain relevant to understanding political, scientific, ethical, and aesthetic formations in our contemporary world.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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