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Paradise Lost at the University of Virginia
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Paradise Lost at the University of Virginia
Teaching literature is an exercise in freedom. Now ideological demands from the right are putting it in danger.
By Mark Edmundson
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 pm ET
Students on the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. PHOTO: RYAN M. KELLY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
“What’s your idea of Paradise?”
I posed this question to the 12 students in my class on John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost.” Lots of sparkling answers came. It was a wonderful group. At the end, a young woman …
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Paradise Lost at the University of Virginia
Teaching literature is an exercise in freedom. Now ideological demands from the right are putting it in danger.
By Mark Edmundson
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 pm ET
Students on the steps of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. PHOTO: RYAN M. KELLY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
“What’s your idea of Paradise?”
I posed this question to the 12 students in my class on John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost.” Lots of sparkling answers came. It was a wonderful group. At the end, a young woman …
{paywall}
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