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John Milton: Party of the Devil

Art of Darkness

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The Distractions of Being a Great Poet

Milton is white, the dude. He's going to write something that will not be forgotten. That's like his that's his life goal starting sometime in his late teens that he's going to be. known forever. This is also an interesting time and I just need to peg this because it's it's we need to the story of Milton is the story of England in his time, right? So I need to keep you abreast of historical happenings as we're going. In February of 1625 Cambridge goes there expecting to be shown into a world of revelatory education but ends up being disappointed.

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