Matthew Ritchie discusses the influence of John Milton’s 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost in his 2008 exhibition The Morning Line. RITCHIE: Paradise Lost is one of the great books that nobody’s ever read.

Milton’s epic recounts a revolt against Heaven. Readers from Thomas Jefferson to Malcolm X have drawn their own lessons from ...

First published in 1667, Paradise Lost gave the modern ... and they were to sow important seeds. Milton’s friend John Evelyn designed an ambitious — now lost — garden at Sayes Court in ...

Berserk uses foil characters, Griffith and Guts, to explore philosophical ideas of fate, choice, and morality.

Robert John, an itinerant singer-songwriter who was working in construction before scoring a Number One hit with 1979’s “Sad Eyes,” died Monday. He was 79. Michael Pedrick, John’s son ...

John Oliver, host of "Last Week Tonight" on HBO, is a 21-time Emmy winner. But he still remembers how frequently he bombed as a young comedian in the U.K. When he was starting out, Oliver used to ...

John earned a Grammy nomination for "Sad Eyes" Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Robert John, the singer-songwriter behind the chart-topping hit "Sad Eyes," has died. He was 79. John's son Michael ...

The singer-songwriter notched his first Hot 100 hit at just 12 years old. By Rania Aniftos Robert John, a singer-songwriter whose inimitable voice lent itself to a number of Billboard Hot 100 hits ...