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An artist claimed that his efforts to finish a painting inspired by this man were hindered by the “spirit of Titian” and the “infernal machine called Chiaro-Scuro.” A painting in Chicago’s Art Institute depicts this man with fleshy hands but a ghastly face (-5[1])as he sits cross-legged to the right of a girl sewing and another girl at a podium. A nude depiction of this man with his back to the viewer and raising his right arm appears on a frontispiece in which he stands among yellow and blue clouds. He’s not Shakespeare, but this author inspired the Thomas and Butts sets of illustrations and an unpopular gallery spearheaded by (10[1])Henri (10[1])Fuseli, (10[4]-5[1])who painted (-5[1])him dictating (10[2])to his (10[2])daughter. (10[2])A winged (10[2])figure (10[1])is shown upside-down plummeting to Earth in one of the illustrations (10[3])of a poem (-5[1])by this author by Gustave (10[1])Doré. For 10 points, what poet titles an epic poem illustrated by (10[1])its author, William Blake? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: John Milton [accept Milton: A Poem in Two Books; accept Milton Gallery; accept Milton Dictating to His Daughter]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%17%126.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Dennis ReppenChicago CNorthwestern A42-5
Albert ZhangColumbia BUC Berkeley B10910
Ricky LiMIT AHarvard A11010
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AChicago A11110
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMichigan A111-5
Halle FriedmanNYU AFlorida B11110
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ACornell A11110
Justin WytmarIllinois ARutgers A11110
Anson BernsBrown AYale A113-5
Kevin ParkClaremont APenn State A11510
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley AToronto A11510
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BMcGill A11710
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AWUSTL B11710
Tracy MirkinFlorida AOhio State A11810
Tim MorrisonStanford ADuke A11810
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota ANorth Carolina A12010
Ben DahlPurdue AImperial A12010
John BroussardHouston AJohns Hopkins A12110
Justin HawkinsIndiana AColumbia A13210
John MarvinChicago BMaryland A13210
Lexi TermanRutgers BMinnesota B13210
Matthew SiffYale BIowa State A135-5
David BassVirginia APenn A14010
Jisoo YooTexas ACornell B15210
Conor ThompsonIowa State AYale B15710
Todd MaslykMichigan AVanderbilt A15710
Michał GerasimiukYale ABrown A15710
Christopher SimsNorthwestern AChicago C15710