
Ep 31 - Milton's Paradise Lost (Book I)
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What Makes Great Literature?
i'm going to read out one of my favorite descriptions of satan particularly satan shield in paradise lost and we're going to unpick very briefly milton's illusory power that's illusories with an a from illusion illusions references. i think this is what comes naturally to great writers and poets it's showing unconsciously how well red you are it seeps into your work everything you've read before and everything you've taken on on a very deep level bleeds through your work. We're going to see some some homa and spencer here at um around line two eight three he scarce had ceased when the superior fiend was moving toward the shore his ponderous shield e
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