A cake shaped like a snake
On Sunday, March 6, the English department hosted a live reading of the epic poem Paradise Lost, by John Milton.
Volunteers sat around the big oval table in the Fager Lounge and read the more than 10,000 lines from 12 books.
鈥淭he Miltonathon, which began last year, is a tribute to my late friend and colleague Professor George Hudson, who taught Milton at 冈本视频 for over forty years,鈥 said Professor , who now teaches the Milton course at 冈本视频, and started this event.
Marathon readings of Paradise Lost at other colleges exist, but Kunth Kleck has never heard of one that has the reader play parts. Participants at 冈本视频 divided up roles as they read, so sometimes the narrator had only a couple of words 鈥 like 鈥渟he said鈥 鈥 before a speech resumed. 鈥淧rofessor Judith Oliver, emerita professor of art and art history, for example, got to be God!鈥 reported Kunth Kleck.
The day included a snake cake (pictured above, designed and executed by local baker Sharon Stevens) and live tweeting on 冈本视频鈥檚 Twitter feed. Every tweet was written by English major Emily Daniel 鈥18.
See all the posts below, including a video by Lizzie Souter 鈥16 and revised for 2016 by Dylann McLaughlin 鈥18.鈥