I started planning this book, which became my PhD Thesis, about 5 years ago. It didn't turn out to be exactly what I expected - it's a mashup of Paradise Lost scholarship and a comparative history of the influence Milton's Satan had on politics, art, literature, revolution and social progress over several centuries. It's a response to the bizarrely conservative academic readings of Paradise Lost that continue to be taught in many universities. It's a summary of historical ...
A new show starring Lucifer: finally, the devil portrayed as hero on TV!
I'm sensitive when talking about my PhD research, because I know most people aren't ready to seriously engage with the idea that Satan is the hero of Paradise Lost (even though debate has been raging for about 300 years... and it's a stupid debate too, because the evidence is so clear, and academics spin circles to try and invent crazy arguments to refute the obvious). I've wondered whether "America" would ever be able to stomach a ...
Custom Satanic Superhero Action Figure – 3D printing or China Outsource?
Something I'm excited to do for my next book is a make a 3D action figure/collectible. My book basically ties contemporary superheroes to a tradition of revolutionaries that started with Prometheus and was given definitive shape in the heroic Satan of Milton's Paradise Lost. Nearly every modern value - from free speech, human rights, civil liberties, racial and gender equality - my book argues, stemmed almost directly from the influence of Milton's Satan on political rebels and ...
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