{"product_id":"what-in-me-is-dark","title":"What in Me Is Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Orlando Reade\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Astra House (2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhat in Me Is Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etells the unlikely story of how John Milton’s epic poem came to haunt political struggles over the past four centuries, including the many different, unexpected, often contradictory ways in which it has been read, interpreted, and appropriated through time and across the world, and to revolutionary ends. The book focuses on twelve readers—including Malcolm X, Thomas Jefferson, George Eliot, Hannah Arendt, and C.L.R James—whose lives demonstrate extraordinary and disturbing influence on the modern age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing from his own experiences teaching\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein New Jersey prisons, English scholar Orlando Reade deftly investigates how the poem was read by people embedded in struggles against tyranny, slavery, colonialism, gender inequality, and capitalist exploitation. It is experimental nonfiction at its finest; rich literary analysis and social, cultural and political history are woven together to make a clarifying case for the undeniable impact of the poem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44028617162851,"sku":"9781662603402","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/8655\/1139\/files\/dark.jpg?v=1772223501","url":"https:\/\/woodlandpatternbookcenter.com\/products\/what-in-me-is-dark","provider":"Woodland Pattern","version":"1.0","type":"link"}