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What in Me is Dark.
2024 book by Orlando Reade about the revolutionary afterlife of Paradise Lost
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About What in Me is Dark
What in Me Is Dark: The Revolutionary Afterlife of Paradise Lost is a work of literary nonfiction by British author Orlando Reade, released in 2024. It was published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom and Astra House in the United States. The book breaks down how John Milton's epic Paradise Lost contributed to political and literary thought across four centuries, pointing to its impact on twelve readers including Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm X, George Eliot, Hannah Arendt, C. L. R. James and Virginia Woolf. It was named a Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024.
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