376 Why John Milton? (with Joe Moshenska)
The History of Literature
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'Paradis Lost'
He wrote two masks, which is to say, performances that were the worst stage and performed. But those were private performances by aristocratic families. And he toyed with the idea of writing drama. The first idea he has for paradise los is as a drama. He not thinking about becoming a commercial, a commercial playwright.
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