To a college freshman, the poetry of John Milton's Paradise Lost can seem daunting. Thousands of lines and long sections chronicling fallen angels can turn off even the most ambitious aspiring scholar, especially in an era of constant distractions and 140-character tweets.
So when Hamilton College professor Margaret Thickstun wanted her students to examine the text for a second time, she sought an approach other than the standard reading homework. She became one of a number of professors across the country to assemble her class for a day and read a great work out loud. MORE
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