Samuel Johnson quipped that even the admirers of John Milton’s epic never wished it “longer than it is.” But “Paradise Lost” ...

Is there a book more widely loved than Paradise Lost by an author more universally disliked than John Milton? Catholics ...

Review by Dana Gioia Read the review Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, was a high-ranking Communist official under Mao.

It’s John Milton’s time now. In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election and afterward, Shakespeare was frequently invoked to help make sense of the Trump phenomenon.

While most weeks are devoted to new releases or Booker longlisters, others, like this one, begin with a forgotten 82-year-old ...