John Milton’s Paradise Lost Mourned a Revolution Betrayed
Blind, alone, and reeling from the failures of the English Revolution, Milton wrote an epic reflection on political defeat and the possibility of hope.
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Orlando Reade is the author of What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Life of Paradise Lost.
John Milton’s Paradise Lost Mourned a Revolution Betrayed
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 epic reflection on political defeat and the possibility of hope.