{"product_id":"what-in-me-is-dark-9781787334885","title":"What in Me Is Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**A \u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A remarkable feat'' \u003c\/b\u003eOBSERVER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Clever, wide-ranging... witty and sardonic'' \u003c\/b\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dynamic reappraisal of Milton''s epic poem \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring its radical origins in the seventeenth century and its revolutionary impact on our culture ever since.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on his own experiences of teaching literature in prisons, Orlando Reade focuses on twelve unexpected readers of Milton  from Malcolm X to Virginia Woolf, Hannah Arendt to Thomas Jefferson  whose lives and works have shaped our world. He shows the many different, surprising and often contradictory ways in which Milton's poem has been read across centuries and continents.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoldly original, lively and far-reaching, \u003ci\u003eWhat in Me Is Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how a work of literature born in the ashes of a failed revolution became an indelible part of the modern imagination. Reade guides us through the epic, exploring how Milton came to write its dark and dazzling poetry, and offering a new account of its radical, ever-evolving legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52091187331415,"sku":"9781787334885","price":22.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/what-in-me-is-dark-9781787334885","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}