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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
William Blake illustrated Paradise Lost more often than any other work by John Milton, and illustrated Milton's work more often than that of any other writer.The illustrations demonstrate his critical engagement with the text, specifically his efforts to redeem the "errors" he perceived in his predecessor's work.
LibriVox recording by Owen. Book One, Part 1. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.
Books by John Milton (7 P) P. Poetry by John Milton (13 P) Pages in category "Works by John Milton" ... The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth;
Milton composed Paradise Regained at his cottage in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire. Paradise Regained is four books long and comprises 2,065 lines; in contrast, Paradise Lost is twelve books long and comprises 10,565 lines. As such, Barbara K. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic".
"Rights and Liberties in John Milton’s The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates". Christophe Tournu & Neil Forsyth, eds. Milton, Rights and Liberties. Bern: Peter Lang, 2005. 171–181. Print. Milton, John. Complete Prose Works of John Milton. Vol III Ed. Don Wolfe. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962. Patrick, J. Max. The Prose of John Milton.
Pages in category "Books by John Milton" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Areopagitica; D.
The six books are untitled in the free on-line version of the text. The titles below have been added to give an idea of the content. Book I - Antiquity "[T]he Caesarean invasions are told with remarkable spirit; and the use of the historic present in the account of the war between Brutus and the Greeks is excellently vivid." [3] Book II - The ...