John Milton





John Milton

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

died
November 08, 1674

gender
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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.



Average rating: 3.76 · 36054 ratings · 1345 reviews · 603 distinct works
Paradise Lost
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3.73 of 5 stars 373 avg rating — 31577 ratings — published 1667 — 363 editions
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Paradise Lost and Paradise ...
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3.95 of 5 stars 395 avg rating — 1335 ratings — published 1968 — 29 editions
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The Complete Poetry
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4.03 of 5 stars 403 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1673 — 81 editions
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Paradise Regained
3.54 of 5 stars 354 avg rating — 503 ratings — published 1671 — 50 editions
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Areopagitica
3.79 of 5 stars 379 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 1644 — 70 editions
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Complete Poems and Major Prose
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4.2 of 5 stars 420 avg rating — 382 ratings — published 1957 — 7 editions
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Paradise Lost and Other Poems
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3.9 of 5 stars 390 avg rating — 188 ratings — published 1943 — 16 editions
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L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Co...
4.03 of 5 stars 403 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions
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John Milton: The Major Works
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4.41 of 5 stars 441 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Milton's Comus
3.59 of 5 stars 359 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1954 — 19 editions
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More books by John Milton…
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”
John Milton, Paradise Lost

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

“Farewell Hope, and with Hope farewell Fear”
John Milton

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