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Milton: Poet, pamphleteer, patriot

Anna Beer
Bloomsbury, 458pp

Though he has been heralded for centuries as the second greatest English poet, Milton would not be very happy with his afterlife. Why not? He's still widely read and discussed, but his religious and political visions have been marginalized. To call him a great poet is a bit like calling Jesus a great moral teacher. It ...

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