John Milton




John Milton

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born December 09, 1608
died November 08, 1674
gender male
place of birth United Kingdom
genre Poetry

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John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed for his epic poem Paradise Lost, Milton is celebrated as well for his eloquent treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica. Long considered the supreme English poet, Milton experienced a dip in popularity after attacks by T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis in the mid 20th century; but with multiple societies and scholarly journals devoted to his study, Milton’s reputation remains as strong as ever in the 21st century.


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avg rating: 3.90 | 4659 ratings | 123 distinct works
Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics)
by John Milton
avg rating 3.83 — 3112 ratings — published 1667
69 editions
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Paradise Lost and Paradise Reg... Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (Signet Classics)
by John Milton, Christopher Ricks
avg rating 4.08 — 210 ratings — published 1968
5 editions
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Areopagitica Areopagitica (Paperback)
by John Milton
avg rating 3.83 — 70 ratings — published 2006
7 editions
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The Riverside Milton The Riverside Milton (Hardcover)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.45 — 55 ratings — published 1998
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Complete Poems and Major Prose Complete Poems and Major Prose (Hardcover)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.32 — 53 ratings — published 2003
2 editions
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Paradise Lost and Other Poems Paradise Lost and Other Poems (Paperback)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.13 — 45 ratings — published 1961
3 editions
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The Complete Poetry of John Mi... The Complete Poetry of John Milton (Paperback)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.08 — 36 ratings — published 1971
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John Milton: The Major Works John Milton: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.30 — 23 ratings — published 2003
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L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus... L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas (Paperback)
by John Milton
avg rating 3.77 — 26 ratings — published 2006
6 editions
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The Complete Poetry and Essent... The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton (Hardcover)
by John Milton
avg rating 4.12 — 17 ratings — published 2007
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quotes by John Milton

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"The mind is its own place, and in itself
can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
John Milton (Paradise Lost)
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"Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven."
John Milton (Paradise Lost)
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"A good book is the precious
life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured
up on purpose to a life beyond life."
John Milton (Areopagitica)
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