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Adam Nicolson

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Milton's epic was published 350 years ago. He was blind as he composed it yet wrote the most extraordinary visually realised poem in English. Adam Nicolson on 3-D Milton.

Milton's epic was first published 350 years ago. He was blind as he composed it yet wrote the most extraordinary visually realised poem in English. Adam Nicolson (author of books on Homer, English Arcadias, and the King James Bible) explores the remarkably 3-D invention. Producers: Tim Dee and Siobhan Maguire.

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Tue 12 Sep 2017 22:45

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