Blair Worden
Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sussex
1 episode
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English male poetsSocial philosophersWriters about activism and social changeSonneteersEnlightenment philosophersCritics of the Catholic ChurchEnglish essayists17th-century English male writersChristian humanistsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsLiteracy and society theoristsEpic poets17th-century English poetsEnglish non-fiction writers17th-century writers in Latin17th-century English writersAnglican poetsPeople from the City of LondonLiterary theorists17th-century English dramatists and playwrightsRhetoric theoristsChristian poetsMale essayistsNeoclassical writersEnglish political philosophersMetaphor theoristsWriters from LondonEnglish writers with disabilities17th-century English philosophersEnglish republicansBritish free speech activistsMythopoeic writersCalvinist and Reformed poetsAnglican philosophersBlind writersPamphleteersEnglish educational theoristsRhetoriciansEnglish Anglican theologiansBlind poetsDeaths from kidney failure in the United KingdomAnti-Catholicism in the United KingdomBritish philosophers of religionEnglish DissentersAlumni of Christ's College, Cambridge17th-century English educatorsEnglish theologians
Milton
Melvyn Bragg examines the literary and political career of the 17th century poet John Milton, examining work such as Paradise Lost as well as his role as propagandist during the English Civil War.
7 March 2002
Also featuring: John Carey, Lisa Jardine
Critics of the Catholic ChurchChristian humanistsBritish free speech activistsNeoclassical writersRhetoricians17th-century writers in Latin17th-century English writersMythopoeic writersRhetoric theoristsEnglish Anglican theologiansLiteracy and society theoristsBlind poetsEnglish political philosophersEnglish essayistsEpic poets17th-century English poetsEnglish male dramatists and playwrightsMetaphor theoristsWriters about activism and social changeChristian poetsSonneteersEnglish male poetsCalvinist and Reformed poetsDeaths from kidney failure in the United KingdomAnglican philosophersAnglican poetsBlind writersAnti-Catholicism in the United KingdomMale essayistsWriters from LondonPeople from the City of London17th-century English male writersEnglish writers with disabilitiesEnglish non-fiction writersLiterary theoristsBritish philosophers of religionEnglish DissentersAlumni of Christ's College, Cambridge17th-century English educatorsEnlightenment philosophersSocial philosophersPamphleteersEnglish educational theorists17th-century English philosophers17th-century English dramatists and playwrightsEnglish theologiansEnglish republicans17th centuryTheology