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Radio 3,11 Sep 2017,15 mins

Series Paradise Lost

Sean O'Brien

The Essay

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Milton's Paradise Lost was first published 350 years ago. It remains the most important long poem in the English language. It came out of a time of revolutionary upheaval in Britain and is a political poem as much as a theological one. Poet Sean O'Brien discusses Milton's adventurousness. Producers: Tim Dee and Siobhan Maguire.

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