Re:It's Dante's Hell–We're Just Living in It
by rocmcd on Monday April 08, 2024 @04:46PM
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There's a quote from Zach Weinersmith (author, cartoonist) during a podcast a while back that stuck with me about Milton's depiction of Satan:
"I will say Milton is great and readable as long as Satan is talking. [...] the joke on Milton is that he was the greatest gift to Satan in history. He did everything short of giving him a two-headed guitar. It is just like, Satan is so cool." [0]
I highly recommend giving it a listen (and Econtalk more generally!) if this is something that interests you.
Re:It's Dante's Hell–We're Just Living in It
by schoen on Monday April 08, 2024 @10:35PM
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It's his married name, and would conventionally be hyphenated, but he decided not to (I think because he thought it would be funnier without the hyphen).
"I will say Milton is great and readable as long as Satan is talking. [...] the joke on Milton is that he was the greatest gift to Satan in history. He did everything short of giving him a two-headed guitar. It is just like, Satan is so cool." [0]
I highly recommend giving it a listen (and Econtalk more generally!) if this is something that interests you.
[0] https://www.econtalk.org/zach-weinersmith-on-beowulf-and-bea...