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John Milton: the poet who gave us 'Star Trek' and 'The Matrix'

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From: The Independent on Sunday
Date: 20080113
Author:Paul Bignell

Without him nothing would be terrific, nobody would be sensuous, and we would never have gone into space. Those three words are among the many still in use that were invented by John Milton, author of Paradise Lost and second only to Shakespeare among English poets. This week, there is an unprecedented chance to see how his mind worked, when Cambridge University Library displays documents written by Milton rarely or never viewed by the public before.

Among them is a first attempt at his greatest work, although nothing like the epic poem that Paradise Lost became. Adam and Eve, Lucifer and the ...

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