Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it ‘longer than it is.’ But ‘Paradise Lost’ ...

John Milton’s cosmic epic, ... 12 Books We Read This Week John Milton’s cosmic epic, the mournful voice of the Band, history on the ocean floor and more. By WSJ Books Staff .

Florida schools remove books by John Milton and Toni Morrison and restrict Shakespeare under DeSantis rules. Over 100 have been removed from school shelves, teacher says . Josh Marcus.

Toward the end of John Milton's epic poem, written after England's civil war, the angel Michael gives Adam a vision of the future, and it is not a happy one. Thanks to the Fall, Michael tells Adam ...

John Milton's handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost poet. The discovery makes this ...

John Milton citing Spenser on the recent history of Ireland in his 1587 edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles. ... But while Milton's own books continue to be widely read and studied, ...

Radical struggles and revolution: The book unearthing the subversive history of Paradise Lost. Orlando Reade’s fascinating history of John Milton’s epic shows that Paradise Lost may still be a ...

8 New Books Coming in December. A Booker Prize finalist based on a true story, essays from Siri Hustvedt, an imaginative biography of John Milton and more.

John Milton’s handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost poet. The discovery, made in ...