Unleashed academics, tutors, and ornamental hermits Alice and Rowan do a deep dive into dark hero archetypes on a semi-weekly basis.
On this episode they conclude their mini-series on Satan from John Milton’s Paradise Lost and discuss books 9 and 10 of the poem—Satan’s corruption of Eve and the Fall of humanity! They focus on the process Satan uses to convince Eve to Fall, the extent to which Adam and Eve were predisposed to falling, and the results of the Fall itself for Satan and for Adam and Eve. They also reflect on the journey so far, and whether it’s possible to still sympathise with or enjoy Satan’s characterisation at the end of the epic.
Next time, they examine Lord Byron’s Manfred
Recommended and Relevant Sources
Boyd, Brian. On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2009.
Diekhoff, John. "The Fallacy of the Fall in Paradise Lost." PMLA 70, no. 5: 1185–204. Fish, Stanley. Surprised by Sin. London: Macmillan Press Ltd, 1967.
———. "Surprised by Sin at Fifty." Milton Quarterly 52, no. 4 (2018): 349-53.
———. "The Harassed Reader in Paradise Lost." Milton Quarterly 7, no. 2 (1965): 162-82.
Lewalski, Barbara. Paradise Lost and the Rhetoric of Literary Forms. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987.
Lewis, C. S. A Preface to Paradise Lost. London: Oxford University Press, 1969. Liebert, Elisabeth. "Rendering "More Equal": Eve's Changing Discourse In "Paradise Lost"." Milton Quarterly 37, no. 3 (2003): 152-65.
McGrath, Patrick J. "Formal Resistance: Gender Hierarchy and Eve’s Final Speech in Paradise Lost." Milton Quarterly 47, no. 2 (2013): 72-87.
Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Edited by Alastair Fowler. New York: Routledge, 2013. Newman, Robert D. "Entanglement in Paradise: Eve’s Hair and the Reader’s Anxiety in “Paradise Lost”." Interpretations 16, no. 1 (1985): 112-5.
Wittreich, Joseph. Feminist Milton. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1987.
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