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ENGL 220: Milton

Lecture 03 - Credible Employment. This lecture examines the role and meanings of the word vocation in Milton's life-long meditation on (and concern for) what it means to be chosen by God. Milton's profound anxiety in the years following his graduation from Cambridge regarding his poetic career and, more specifically, his status as a Christian poet selected by God for greatness is outlined. The topic is traced through Milton's polemical treatise The Reason of Church Government, the poem Ad Patrem, and the author's correspondence. Particular emphasis is placed on Milton's interpretations of the parable of the talents and the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Substantial context on the nature of election and salvation is supplied from the writings of John Calvin and Max Weber. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 03 - Credible Employment

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Milton's Poems as an Autobiography
[00:20:47] 2. Milton: A Man Inspired by His Father
[00:32:28] 3. Milton's Dilemma: Two Parables

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Lecture 3 - Credible Employment
Instructor: Professor John Rogers. Handout: Credible Employment [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction: Milton, Power, and the Power of Milton
Lecture 02 - The Infant Cry of God
Lecture 03 - Credible Employment
Lecture 04 - Poetry and Virginity
Lecture 05 - Poetry and Marriage
Lecture 06 - Lycidas
Lecture 07 - Lycidas (cont.)
Lecture 08 - Areopagitica
Lecture 09 - Paradise Lost, Book I
Lecture 10 - God and Mammon: The Wealth of Literary Memory
Lecture 11 - The Miltonic Smile
Lecture 12 - The Blind Prophet
Lecture 13 - Paradise Lost, Book III
Lecture 14 - Paradise Lost, Book IV
Lecture 15 - Paradise Lost, Books V-VI
Lecture 16 - Paradise Lost, Books VII-VIII
Lecture 17 - Paradise Lost, Book IX
Lecture 18 - Paradise Lost, Books IX-X
Lecture 19 - Paradise Lost, Books XI-XII
Lecture 20 - Paradise Lost, Books XI-XII (cont.)
Lecture 21 - Paradise Regained, Books I-II
Lecture 22 - Paradise Regained, Books III-IV
Lecture 23 - Samson Agonistes
Lecture 24 - Samson Agonistes (cont.)