Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste
Brought death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful seat,
Sing, Heavenly Muse . . .

This course is devoted to a close reading of the Milton’s epic supplemented by selections from the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible), the New Testament, and the Qur’an, as well as C. S. Lewis’s famous A Preface to Paradise Lost.