A resonant line from Milton's "Lycidas" appears ironically throughout Bellow's novel in the mind of Tommy Wilhelm.
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John Milton was born in the Cheapside district of London in a house called "The Spreadeagle" that would later be destroyed in the Great Fire of London. His father was a real-estate agent and liturgical composer. Milton was educated at St. Paul's and Christ's College, Cambridge. After the age of twelve, young Milton, an avid student, "rarely retired to bed from my studies until midnight." He received his master's degree in 1632. Milton continued to study independently at his father's house for se more...
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12/09/1608 London, Southern England, England, Great Britain, United Kingdom, British Isles, Western Europe,
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it's hard to keep up with and not everyone is interested throughout. partially because we know the whole story already. but what kept me hooked was the potrayal of the "befallen", Satan.i truly believed and justified his arguments.