From:	Carol Barton, PhD [cbartonphd@earthlink.net]
Sent:	Thursday, December 07, 2000 11:09 AM
To:	milton-l@richmond.edu
Subject:	Enquiry: PL Script?

Dear Colleagues,

Does anyone here know anything about John Collier's abortive project to =
make a film of Paradise Lost?  A friend is trying to locate a copy of =
the script in connection with a book in process, and is apparently =
having some difficulty coming up with it. She asks that you e-mail her =
directly with any information you may have; please sent it to Dr. Lisa =
Hopkins at L.M.Hopkins@shu.ac.uk , and thanks very much, from both of =
us.

Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, joyous Kwanzaa, and wonderful whatever =
else you may be celebrating, and of course a happy, healthy, and =
prosperous New Year!

Best wishes,

Carol Barton
From:	Carl Bellinger [carlb@shore.net]
Sent:	Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:11 AM
To:	milton-l@richmond.edu; mjarnold@ukans.edu
Subject:	Thanks for the good suggestions; Florida jokes

 >Subject: Thanks for the good suggestions
 >Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:17:01 -0600
 >
 >I appreciate the many good responses to my query about Eve in the fine arts.
 >My student has now examined much material and thinks she will pursue some
 >recent works, including Judy Chicago's small image of Eve in "The Dinner
 >Party"  Another one considered examining descriptions of MIlton's Eden for
 >connections with the history of gardening.  She gave up, commenting that she
 >doubted whether JM ever put a flower seed or sprout in the earth.  No answer
 >to this one is demanded.  We don''t get to offer a whole Milton course very
 >often, so I have enjoyed teaching real students this semester.    Again,
 >thank you.
 >
 >P.S. No Florida jokes taking off from Milton?  The Shakespeareans are full
 >are drops of gore, shriveled chads, and such.  Well, we are more serious
 >folk, and the time has probably passed.
 >
 >Margaret Arnold <mjarnold@ukans.edu>
 >

Margaret,
I suppose we are more serious, but maybe your postscript will elicit a
little Miltonic-Floridian fun... I'll hazard you this; others could do much
better:

  Thick as unnumbered chads that strow'd the brooks
  In Tallahasee, where th'Electorial vote
  In doubt Bush seized embittered whose suits o'erthrew
  Al Gore and his litigious chivalry.

I think the meter is OK; not sure what Milton would have as the past tense
of "strow."


  Thick as unnumbered chads that strow'd the brooks
  In Tallahasee, where th'Electorial vote
  In doubt Bush seized embittered whose suits o'erthrew
  Al Gore and his litigious chivalry.