Listen "John Milton #1 - Professor Nicolas McDowell"
Episode Synopsis
Professor Nicolas McDowell, lecturer on Early Modern Literature and Thought, University of Exeterfocuses on the literary, cultural and intellectual history of the period 1500-1750, with particular focus on the Civil Wars of the 17th-century. Professor McDowell is the award winning author of numerous books including:Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton The English Radical Imagination: Culture, Religion, and Revolution, 1630-1660Poetry and Allegiance in the English Civil Wars: Marvell and the Cause of Wit Co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of MiltonIn a featured Sparks of History interview, Professor McDowell presents the life and works of one of history's (most) outstanding writers, John Milton.
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