Well, if I'd found really all of those Heaven books boring, I'm not sure I'd have finished it.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 13/01/2011 09:53:19 PM
I've had several grad classes on religious history, including a couple on Early Modern English cultural/religious history, so I'm going to be drawn into noticing those things and to find them to be quite fascinating and far from tedious. That's where I figured we'd disagree, since the theological arguments intrigue me, particularly how Milton worked them in throughout his lines.
So at the various points where he was clearly taking a stance on a theological issue, I did notice that, even if I don't have the religious history background to know much about those issues, and I suppose those held a certain amount of interest to me, yes. Unfortunately he has a tendency of beating you around the head with it and going on about the things at length.

And what about the astronomy bit? Did you find that quite fascinating too?

John Milton - Paradise Lost (and Paradise Regained)
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Wow. <<<<Should be over there<<<<
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The word "book" is a bit misleading, they're really more like chapters.
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I'm glad we agree on so much.
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I thought I'd have a short response
12/01/2011 12:13:48 AM
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OK, I blogged about my own reaction to it
12/01/2011 05:26:18 AM
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Not that much in there that I disagree with, actually.
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With the utility of the religious discussion in poetic form
12/01/2011 06:50:30 PM
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Well, if I'd found really all of those Heaven books boring, I'm not sure I'd have finished it.
13/01/2011 09:53:19 PM
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13/01/2011 10:32:49 PM
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I've started to read it three times and put it down due to the style.
12/01/2011 01:34:24 AM
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Yeah, if you really dislike the style, it really may not be worth forcing yourself through.
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Okay, i think I may change my classic from this to something else now *NM*
12/01/2011 02:41:59 PM
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It certainly wasn't my intention to frighten people off.
Like I said, I'm glad I read it. *NM*
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