 | Milton and the Rise of Russian Satanism Subjects: Russian poetry -- History and criticism; Devil in literature; Milton John 1608–1674 -- Characters -- Devil; Milton John 1608–1674 -- Influence; Milton John 1608–1674; Paradise lost; Russian notions of good and evil changed before the Revolution and will change again under glasnost' and perestroika. But no literary character has reflected such changes more dramatically than Milton's Satan, who managed to be both a hero to Romantic poets and Marxist critics. Boss Valentin : Valentin Boss is a professor of History at McGill University. |
