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John Milton

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Great Writers Inspire
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Dr Anna Beer shares a few short extracts of Milton's poem Lycidas and discusses what they show about Milton's very special qualities as a writer.

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Great Writers Inspire
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Anna Beer
Keywords
life
#greatwriters
lycidas
literature
english
john milton
Department: Faculty of English Language and Literature
Date Added: 15/03/2012
Duration: 00:18:31

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