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The Puritan Interregnum — England’s Literature in Chains and Shadows

When theatres were dark, and words learned to walk in prose and prayer. From The Professor’s Desk “The golden mask was folded. The curtain was drawn. But England was not yet done with drama—only its public stage. What followed was an era of silence, of pamphlets over plays, of sermons over soliloquies. It was a […]

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7. Blind, Banned, and Brilliant: Milton’s Guide to Being Intense (and Making English Majors Sweat) in Every Century

By ABS, The Literary ScholarA.K.A. The One Who Believes Milton Probably Dreamed in Iambic Pentameter Meet the Man Who Out-Read His Eyeballs John Milton wasn’t born a poet—he was born a walking encyclopedia with insomnia. Imagine a student who: Read every book in sight (in Latin, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, probably Martian) Wrote essays for fun

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