What in me is dark : the revolutionary life of Paradise lost
Reade, Orlando2024
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Place reservation for What in me is dark : the revolutionary life of Paradise lostParadise Lost might be the most influential poem written in English. For three and half centuries, readers across the world - especially those seeking revolutions in their own time - have found inspiration in its visions of freedom. In return, they have given Milton's epic new life. Drawing on his own experiences of teaching literature in prisons, Orlando Reade focuses on twelve unexpected readers - from Malcolm X to Virginia Woolf, Hannah Arendt to Thomas Jefferson - whose lives and works have shaped our world. He shows the many different, surprising and often contradictory ways in which Milton's poem has been read across centuries and continents. Boldly original, lively and far-reaching, 'What in Me Is Dark' is the story of how a work of literature born in the ashes of a failed revolution became an indelible part of the modern imagination.
Main title:
What in me is dark : the revolutionary life of Paradise lost / Orlando Reade.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Jonathan Cape, 2024.London : Jonathan Cape, 2024.
Collation:
272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781787334878 (hbk)
Dewey class:
821.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
2969864
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