Literature and Politics in 17th Century London: Milton and Ralegh – Dr Anna Beer
The contrasting, but interconnected, experiences of two writers: Sir Walter Ralegh and John Milton. Ralegh was a prisoner in the Tower of London between 1603…
Professor Saussy has a range of scholarly interests, including Chinese poetry, literature, aesthetics and culture. His published articles explore a wide vari…
I was totally put off by 4:25 when she suddenly launched into feminist
revisionist history and started imposing her political viewpoint onto
history in that cheap and nasty way feminists always do. At that moment
this became not history but propaganda from a feminist point of view which
many people, myself included, utterly disagree with.
Darting a quick glance at the watch four to five times was arguably de
trop. Pursy pedagogues and donnish talking heads can learn from Dr Anna how
to engage listeners in a mano-a-mano conversation which edifies, educates,
and entertains. Without resorting to the hand-me-down currency of jargon
like: zeitgeist, problematize, radicalise, aporia, exegesis, epopee etc. No
griot or shaman can hold a candle to her narrative momentum.
“the medium is the message”. I really like Dr. Beer’s ‘direction’ or
‘focus’. At first I thought she was a feminist but I quickly realised that
she is one of the guardians of the ‘free human animal’. We’re on the same
team! And to spend a whole day with Philip Pullman reading Milton?… oh
please. The only thing equal to that for me would be to spend a day with
Douglas Adams reading Monty Python scripts!
Thanks this helped heaps with homework hope teacher is happy!
Very useful – glad I found this! Thank you
I was totally put off by 4:25 when she suddenly launched into feminist
revisionist history and started imposing her political viewpoint onto
history in that cheap and nasty way feminists always do. At that moment
this became not history but propaganda from a feminist point of view which
many people, myself included, utterly disagree with.
Darting a quick glance at the watch four to five times was arguably de
trop. Pursy pedagogues and donnish talking heads can learn from Dr Anna how
to engage listeners in a mano-a-mano conversation which edifies, educates,
and entertains. Without resorting to the hand-me-down currency of jargon
like: zeitgeist, problematize, radicalise, aporia, exegesis, epopee etc. No
griot or shaman can hold a candle to her narrative momentum.
“the medium is the message”. I really like Dr. Beer’s ‘direction’ or
‘focus’. At first I thought she was a feminist but I quickly realised that
she is one of the guardians of the ‘free human animal’. We’re on the same
team! And to spend a whole day with Philip Pullman reading Milton?… oh
please. The only thing equal to that for me would be to spend a day with
Douglas Adams reading Monty Python scripts!
Thanks this helped heaps with homework hope teacher is happy!
Very useful – glad I found this! Thank you