Milton was inspired by duty when he wrote the Heaven parts which are pretty tedious and God is such an unpleasant character. Milton shows them rather unaware of what he's doing because as Blake said he was of the Devil's party without knowing it. That's the interesting thing. Even for you do all these ideas not to come out, I mean I don't know,. obviously there was faith in the family, you had a grandfather who was a clergyman.
Over lunch in his house in Oxford, bestselling author Philip Pullman speaks to broadcaster Samira Ahmed about the moments of his childhood and youth that shaped and inspired his unique storytelling. This episode is part of our series How I Found My Voice, hosted by Samira Ahmed. If you like this episode do check out the entire series.
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