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- Title
MILTON, SATAN, GALILEO, AND GUNPOWDER.
- Authors
MCADAM, IAN
- Abstract
The article explores the use of allusions to the scientist Galileo Galilei in the poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton. The article focuses on an allusion to the character Satan's development of the cannon and of gunpowder. Other topics include literary descriptions of artillery and the scientist Roger Bacon.
- Subjects
GALILEI, Galileo, 1564-1642; MILTON, John, 1608-1674; PARADISE Lost (Poem : Milton); ALLUSIONS; DEVIL in literature
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2008, Vol 55, Issue 3, p289
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjn072