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484 Reading John Milton (with Stephen Dobranski)

The History of Literature

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Did Milton Have a Poetic Reputation?

His poetic reputation was really limited at this point. In 1645, he published a collection of poems. But during his life, his celebrity comes from the tracks he writes defending Cromwell's government in Latin for international audience. Right. So he's hypocritical. Yeah.

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