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Milton wrote a great poem but it's also a byproduct of its day - 1667 - and he views events and characters very much through the male gaze; as do all organized religions and which the poem references. Thus, the apple on the tree of knowledge was (imo) something a religious-minded white Portuguese ma...
With the exception of Shakespeare this, I believe, is the greatest work of English Literature. Paradise Lost tells the story, in epic poetic form, of the fall of mankind as outlined in Genesis 1-3. While the story is constricted to the opening chapters of the Bible, the scope of the story itself is ...
PrefaceTable of DatesFurther ReadingPoems 1645--On the Morning of Christ's Nativity--A Paraphrase on Psalm 114--Psalm 136--The Passion--On Time--Upon the Circumcision--At a Solemn Music--An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester--Song. On May Morning--On Shakespeare. 1630--On the University Carrie...
No rating, as I stopped reading right after I started. This is a sad example for "too much time has passed between this being written and me being born". I can't find any access to this text.
A great, and intensely thought provoking piece. More so in our day and age.
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