John Milton

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Bagpuss replied

28 May 2009, 18:53
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

Anyone see Armando Iannucci on John Milton and 'Paradise Lost' last night?
(- Yeah i KNOW there was a football match on but here at Pogle Acres we tend to ignore such things)
Anyway it was really enjoyable and I was very impressed with Mr Iannucci's passion for Milton and his poetry.

I have reached down Mr P's copy of Paradise lost and intend to read it.

Iannucci has been behind some really good comedy, his own TV series was very underrated
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OwlHoot replied

28 May 2009, 18:47
Originally posted by Pogle View Post

Anyone see Armando Iannucci on John Milton and 'Paradise Lost' last night?
(- Yeah i KNOW there was a football match on but here at Pogle Acres we tend to ignore such things)
Anyway it was really enjoyable and I was very impressed with Mr Iannucci's passion for Milton and his poetry.

I have reached down Mr P's copy of Paradise lost and intend to read it.

I don't like the guy - I'm pretty sure he's a rabid republican (and I believe the same was true of Milton).

Not that keen on Milton either. I haven't read his poetry, but I gather it is stuffed full of obscure classical references which practically nobody (certainly not me) is familiar with today. So basically just a lot of name dropping.
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bogeyman replied

28 May 2009, 17:14
Originally posted by thunderlizard View Post

Not yet but I have dickloads of ironing to do and BBC Iplayer so I shall soon. They serialised the whole thing on R3 a few months ago and it was great to dip in and out of (long sentences a bit much for my poor attention span sometimes).

A friend of a friend of Armando Iannucci told me he couldn't read the opening ("Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit / Of that forbidden tree") without fitting it to the Flintstones theme tune*. I don't know whether he mentions that in the show.

* you have to cheat a bit with the first "Of".

Willllmmmahhhh!
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thunderlizard replied

28 May 2009, 16:01
I never did finish my PhD on Paradise Lost. Maybe that's because the poem defies a definitive interpretation.

but a jolly enjoyable and informative proggy nonetheless!
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thunderlizard replied

28 May 2009, 11:26
Not yet but I have dickloads of ironing to do and BBC Iplayer so I shall soon. They serialised the whole thing on R3 a few months ago and it was great to dip in and out of (long sentences a bit much for my poor attention span sometimes).

A friend of a friend of Armando Iannucci told me he couldn't read the opening ("Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit / Of that forbidden tree") without fitting it to the Flintstones theme tune*. I don't know whether he mentions that in the show.

* you have to cheat a bit with the first "Of".
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Pogle started a topic John Milton

28 May 2009, 09:24
John Milton

Anyone see Armando Iannucci on John Milton and 'Paradise Lost' last night?
(- Yeah i KNOW there was a football match on but here at Pogle Acres we tend to ignore such things)
Anyway it was really enjoyable and I was very impressed with Mr Iannucci's passion for Milton and his poetry.

I have reached down Mr P's copy of Paradise lost and intend to read it.
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