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Here in Eden Renewed, the renowned poet and biographer of Edward Lear and Alfred Tennyson, Oxford University professor Peter Levi, presents readers with an extraordinary portrait of John Milton (1608-1674). In this compelling and detailed work, Levi traces Milton's life from the young man who wrote the lyrical poem Lycidas, to his political writings and pamphlets, to the vision of the blind old man, composing Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. In doing so, Levi gives us a full picture of the great poet that shows his roots in Shakespearean England and his growth through the Revolution, Civil War, and the Restoration. Eden Renewed includes valuable new translations of Milton's Latin verse, as well as all new interpretations of his most important prose works.… (more)
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I find that most outstanding authors, like Milton himself, write in a manner that leaves the reader feeling that he already knew the truths being aired and that the scrivener's skill is in the clear laying out thereof. Mr Levi, perhaps justifiably, leaves me feeling ignorant and that his great understanding is beyond me. I must, therefore, either crawl away and admit my lowly status, or attack in turn and, I am far too self assured to bend the knee to such a monologue. I shall simply find myself another author who makes Milton the central character and brings the poet to life for me.