John Milton

John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, whose rich, dense verse was a powerful influence on succeeding English poets, and whose prose was devoted to the defense of civil and religious liberty. Milton is often considered the greatest English poet after Shakespeare. His masterpiece, Paradise Lost, is considered unsurpassed among English epic poems. It is a powerfully imaginative and dramatic work, based in part on the biblical story of the temptation and fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

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PARADISE LOST

Areopagitica

Background topics:-

Milton's Religious Context

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http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/

Milton Reading Room

http://johnmilton.org/