11. Behind this passage lies a fascinating historical fact, in 1638 when he was 30 years old Milton met the great astronomer Galileo.
21. In Paradise Lost we see Milton trying to incorporate the cosmological revolution, speculate about these new worlds, but also retreating
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22. Milton almost wrote science fiction - certainly fantastical elements of Paradise Lost are close - but retreated into theological fiction
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23. Donne was arguably more radical than Milton: someone who dared to think through the cosmological revolution.
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