A new study charts John Milton’s influence on revolutionary thinkers but misses the sheer seductiveness of his masterwork.
A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages.
The devil has all the best tunes in Paradise Lost, and throughout history, the oppressed have often regarded Satan as a seductive avatar of their own struggles. (Malcolm X, who came across the ...
Religious satire and polemic constitute an elusive presence in Paradise Lost. John N. King demonstrates how we must read the text in a way that is true to its contemporary commitments and cultural ...