[Milton-L] Milton and Bulgakov?

[Horace Jeffery Hodges]

I've recently begun re-reading Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita. Though it's closer to the Faust story than to anything written by Milton, I do wonder if Milton had any noticeable influence on Bulgakov.
 
I found one article that investigates possible echoes, but it finds nothing specific:
 
http://www.dur.ac.uk/theology.religion/research/projects/verticaltimeandspace/
 
A.N. Gorbunov "'Darkness Visible' (Bulgakov and Milton)"
 
Has anyone done any looking into possible links?
 
And in case of interest, here are a couple of my recent blog entries on Bulgakov:
 
http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/2009/04/mikhail-bulgakov-master-and-margarita.html
 
http://gypsyscholarship.blogspot.com/2009/04/mikhail-bulgakov-vision-of-hell.html
 
Any suggestions on these would also be appreciated.
 
Jeffery Hodges
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