John Milton





John Milton

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born
in Cheapside, London, England, The United Kingdom
December 09, 1608

died
November 08, 1674

gender
male

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John Milton 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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The Complete Poetry
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Paradise Lost and Other Poems
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John Milton: The Major Works
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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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

“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
John Milton, Areopagitica

“Better to reign in Hell, than to serve in Heaven.”
John Milton, Paradise Lost

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