CR Episode 73: Milton’s L’Allegro and Il Penseroso

Critical Readings

EpisodeApr 5, 20210

CR Episode 73: Milton’s L’Allegro and Il Penseroso

Critical Readings

EpisodeApr 5, 20210

The panel discusses a selection of John Milton's shorter poems, the oft-paired 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso', and examines their use of Orpheus as a metaphor, and their different attitudes to finding communal delight and solitary pleasure in life.

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Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners will learn about the texts themselves and about how to approach a text for critical analysis.

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