John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and reeling from the failures of the English Revolution, Milton wrote an ...

It’s John Milton’s time now. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election and afterward, Shakespeare was frequently ...

From the French revolution to the Arab spring, readers have turned to “Paradise Lost” in times of political struggle. The ...

Literary radical: Portrait of the English poet John Milton (1608-1674) by Mary Beale or Peter Lely - IanDagnall Computing / Alamy Stock Photo When I was younger and discovering classical music ...