Exploring the Significance of Epic Poetry in Paradise Lost

John Milton—the sixteenth-century blind Puritan poetic genius, reviled by some, beloved by most, second in greatness only to Shakespeare—pens an epic poem: Paradise Lost. In astonishing beauty and depth, he retells the tragic fall of man in the Garden of Eden. But did he make Satan the poem’s hero?   

Dr. Grant Horner, Professor of English, Renaissance, and Reformation at the Masters University, will help us find out, in this friendly guide to Classical Christian Education.

You can learn more about Dr. Horner's book, John Milton: Classical Learning and the Progress of Virtue, by clicking this link.