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What in Me Is Dark 2024
What in Me Is Dark is a 2024 literary nonfiction book by British author Orlando Reade. The work was published by Jonathan Cape in the UK and Astra House in the US. It explores how John Milton's epic Paradise Lost shaped political and literary ideas over four centuries. The book highlights the influence of the poem on twelve readers, including Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm X, George Eliot, Hannah Arendt, C. L. R. James, and Virginia Woolf. It was selected as a Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024.
Details
- Publisher
- Astra House (US), Jonathan Cape
- ISBN
- 9781662603402
