In his “biography” of Paradise Lost, which is part of Princeton University Press’s excellent Lives of Great Religious Books series, Alan Jacobs traces Johnson’s and others’ responses to Milton and his ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Fiona Sampson MAKING DARKNESS LIGHT A Life of John Milton By Joe Moshenska Literary biography is ...

We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site. Mr. Jacobs, a literary critic and professor at Baylor, has written a “biography” of “Paradise Lost”: a concise, lively and ...

A new book about John Milton and “Paradise Lost” traces the 17th-century epic’s influence and relevance through the ages. By Ed Simon How Americans learned to root for the dark side — from the Joker ...