John Milton: 'not just a great brain floating above history'
2008 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of Britain's greatest poets, John Milton. Anna Beer, author of a new biography of the poet, discusses the times in which he lived, the impact of his relationships with friends and family, the work for which we know and revere him, and the power and passion of Paradise Lost's Satan, perhaps his greatest creation.
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