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Satan’s Soliloquy and Return to Hell

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About the lecture

In this module, we think about Satan’s soliloquy near the start of Book 9 and his return to Hell in Book 10, thinking in particular about why Milton gives Satan such long soliloquy here at this point in the poem. After that, we turn to the scene in which Satan and his followers are transformed into snakes.

About the lecturer

Karen Edwards is Professor of English at the University of Exeter. Her research and teaching focuses on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, especially the works of John Milton, in the context of natural history, the Bible and religion, and politics. Her recent publications include Milton and the Natural World (1999) and Milton’s Reformed Animals: An Early Modern Bestiary (2005-2009).

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Edwards, K. (2018, August 15). Milton: Paradise Lost, Books 9 and 10 - Satan’s Soliloquy and Return to Hell [Video]. MASSOLIT. https://massolit.io/options/milton-paradise-lost-books-9-and-10?auth=0&lesson=2011&option=7141&type=lesson

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Edwards, K. "Milton: Paradise Lost, Books 9 and 10 – Satan’s Soliloquy and Return to Hell." MASSOLIT, uploaded by MASSOLIT, 15 Aug 2018, https://massolit.io/options/milton-paradise-lost-books-9-and-10?auth=0&lesson=2011&option=7141&type=lesson