Paradise Lost at the University of Virginia
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 named Jessica turned to me and asked, 'What about you, sir?' Jessica had a predilection for calling me 'sir'—various valences of irony applied, usually soft. 'What's your idea of paradise?'
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