The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist
Series in which various writers and intellectuals respond to important essays by John Milton
The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist - Episode 1
Poet and teacher Martin Crucefix responds to Milton's treatise Of Education, which argues the fundamental value of learning and for a highly ambitious curriculum.
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The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist - Episode 2
Sharon Achinstein, who is editing Milton's tracts on divorce, scrutinises his controversial and surprisingly modern views on the subject.
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The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist - Episode 3
Former editor of The Independent Andreas Whittam Smith responds to Milton's Areopagitica, a defence of the right to a free press and free thought.
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The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist - Episode 4
Tom Paulin responds to Milton's Second Defence, revealing Milton's republican thinking, and how Paradise Lost is a republican and a religious poem.
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The Essay - John Milton, the Essayist - Episode 5
Annabel Patterson considers the impact of Milton on figures such as US presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, and the influence he still has in America today.
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