Duncan Large, what would you read and where?

Duncan Large, you have the day off to read any book you choose anywhere you choose. What do you read and where?

Last week I was at an academic conference of the Society for Renaissance Studies. There were quite a number of Milton scholars there and it reminded me that I never did finish Paradise Lost, and I think that if it's going to be a day then I could probably get a lot further with Paradise Lost than I have done so far.

I have two editions which are quite well annotated, which is why I doubt why I could finish in a day – but I could give it a go!

Where would I read? I think I would certainly read away from my desk. Some years ago I got a hammock for my teenage son. I quite fancy lying in a hammock just in the back garden, reading Paradise Lost. I think that would be fun. 

26 July 2023