Milton Marathon

JOHNSON CITY — East Tennessee State University will hold a Milton Marathon, with a public reading of John Milton’s 1667 masterpiece, “Paradise Lost,” on Thursday, Nov. 8, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Reece Museum.

ETSU President Dr. Brian Noland will lead off the reading of the epic poem that features God, Satan, the war in Heaven and mankind’s loss of the Garden of Eden.

Guests are invited to stop by during the day to listen or read some of the 10,000 lines of poetry. In addition, a student-curated exhibition of rare 17^th through 20^th century illustrated editions of “Paradise Lost” — including Salvador Dali’s fascinating depictions of Milton’s Eden — will be on display at the museum, along with student verbal and visual art inspired by the poem.

ETSU students in attendance can enter a drawing for a $100 Barnes and Noble Booksellers gift card.

The event is sponsored by the ETSU Department of Literature and Language and organized by students in Dr. Josh Reid’s “Milton and His Age” course.

For more information, contact Reid at 859-684-4345 or reidjs@etsu.edu.