The Department of English Language and Literature invites you to the following talk:<\/p>\n
Prof. Mandy Green (Durham University)<\/p>\n
\u201cTrouble in Paradise? Milton\u2019s Adam and Eve\u201d<\/p>\n
Date: Thursday, 2 October 2025, 17:30 (reception at 17:00)
\nPlace: EB203<\/p>\n
Abstract: It is a rare blessing when two people fall in love at exactly the same moment; even in Paradise \u2013 in the first ever love story, according to Genesis \u2013 Adam and Eve do not instantly fall happily into each other\u2019s arms. Milton situates the crux of his epic poem, Paradise Lost, not in the martial strife between Satan and God, but in the complexly human dynamics of love between Adam and Eve \u2013 amor, not arma, is Milton\u2019s theme.<\/p>\n
Bio: Mandy Green is Professor in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. Her research interests centre on classical presences in English literature with a particular focus on Ovid and Milton. Her monograph, Milton\u2019s Ovidian Eve, looks at the ways in which Milton appropriates narrative structures, verbal echoes and literary strategies from the Metamorphoses \u2013 not least Ovid\u2019s own central metaphor of continuous transformation \u2013 to create a subtly evolving portrait of the first woman, Eve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Department of English Language and Literature invites you to the following talk: Prof. Mandy Green (Durham University) \u201cTrouble in Paradise? Milton\u2019s Adam and Eve\u201d Date: Thursday, 2 October 2025, 17:30 (reception at 17:00) Place: EB203 Abstract: It is a rare blessing when two people fall in love at exactly [\u2026] <\/p>\n