#  Wordsworth's Longinian Ideal of Greatness: Milton 'Within my private thoughts.' 

 



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####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 30, 2026** 

 12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **In person: Harvard Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA · Remote: via Zoom**  



 

 



 

Sponsor: The Harvard English Renaissance Colloquium and the Long Eighteenth Century and Romanticism Colloquium

Speaker: [**James Engell**, Harvard University](https://jengell.scholars.harvard.edu/)

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Professor Engell will open the session with remarks on the argument, followed by questions and general discussion.

This is a hybrid event. Those attending in person are welcome to join us in Barker Center 133. If you would like to attend remotely or to receive a copy of the paper in advance, please contact Caroline Engelmayer (<cengelmayer@fas.harvard.edu>) and Ilya Nemirovsky (<ilyanemirovsky@g.harvard.edu>).



 

 



 

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