1. Just reading books 1-3 of Paradise Lost and have to agree with Blake that Satan is the real hero of the book.
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Replying to @DougHenwood
@DougHenwood Close to Empson's position: that Milton's greatness is that he shows how terrible the Christian God really is.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@DougHenwood@HeerJeet I'm likely just dense but how are the Lewis and Empson positions similar? They seem nearly opposite!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@boylepoint@DougHenwood Both Empson and Lewis agree poem gives fair portrait of Xian God, only disagree about whether God is good.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@HeerJeet@boylepoint Meanwhile, "non serviam" is where it's all at.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougHenwood @boylepoint "better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" -- who could disagree?
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@HeerJeet@boylepoint the legend was that Bloom had more or less memorized PL on first reading0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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