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Well, he said, I was thinking of setting a novel in the universe of John Milton author of Paradise Lost. I nodded as if that was perfectly normal and then he began quoting effortlessly, gloriously ...

Such handy summaries have a long history: think of Milton, at the request of his printer, setting out the “Argument” before each book of Paradise Lost. Yet the modern blurb is more than that: it must ...

Nearly 30 passages that Jefferson recorded, Orlando Reade notes, derive from John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost,” including 11 that center on the figure of Satan.

Milton’s friend John Evelyn designed an ambitious — now lost — garden at Sayes Court in Deptford, with a formal parterre, hundreds of varieties of fruit tree, a section of “wilderness ...

“Paradise Lost” (1667) retells the story of the fall of man; Milton sought to “justifie the wayes of God to men” by probing themes of sin and innocence, moral obedience and free will.

WHAT IN ME IS DARK: The Revolutionary Afterlife of “Paradise Lost” Orlando Reade This year marks the 350th anniversary of John Milton’s death and the printing of the 12-book edition of his ...

Find Your Next Book Thrillers N.Y.C. Literary Guide Nonfiction Summer Preview Advertisement Supported by Nonfiction A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century ...

For instance, when in 1667’s “Paradise Lost” John Milton writes, “The Serpent … with brazen Eyes And hairie Main terrific,” the word “terrific” is absolutely intended in its ...