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Behind the Lit: All of Europe Initially Loathes Paradise Lost
Behind the Lit: All of Europe Initially Loathes Paradise Lost
By Adam Foley
August 13, 2014

From religious German censors to French Enlightenment intellectuals, Europeans pan John Milton’s masterpiece.

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Sentences from Sentences: 5 Famous Authors Who Went to Prison
Sentences from Sentences: 5 Famous Authors Who Went to Prison
By George Dobbs
May 16, 2014

On the 297th anniversary of Voltaire’s imprisonment in the Bastille, we celebrate authors who made the most of their time served.

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Notes from the Underground: 5 Modern Writers Who Worked in Exile
Notes from the Underground: 5 Modern Writers Who Worked in Exile
By Elizabeth Karp-Evans
February 11, 2014

On the anniversary of Voltaire’s return from exile, we celebrate five other authors who wrote on the run.

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Book Sword: Zadie Smith, T.S. Eliot, and Holden Caulfield
Book Sword: Zadie Smith, T.S. Eliot, and Holden Caulfield
By Kate Gavino
December 03, 2012

Everyone from Galileo to Jim Morrison to countless Scrabble wordsmiths have played around with letters to form their perfect anagrams. We take literary-minded words and anagram them to find ... well, that's up to you. A deeper meaning? A hidden truth? Or just a happy coincidence?

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