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376 Why John Milton? (with Joe Moshenska)

The History of Literature

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The Story That Didn't Need Telling

John milton was a famous poet who died in 1816. His life is well known, but his poems are more interesting than most biographies of the writer. The author says he wanted to show how much we don't know about him. He also said that there were many parallels with shakespeare's work.

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