English Poems Of John Milton

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English Poems Of John Milton

Author : John Milton

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Highlights

English

Language

Wordsworth Poetry Library

Edition

624

Pages

9781853264108

ISBN-13

1853264108

ISBN-10

Wordsworth Editions

Publisher

198 mm

Height

129 mm

Width

26 mm

Thickness

Paperback

Binding

Description

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John Milton 1608-74 Has A Strong Claim To Be Considered The Greatest English Poet After Skakespeare. His Early Poems, Collected And Published In 1645, Include The Much Loved Pair 'L'Allegro' And 'Il Penseroso' 'the Cheerful Man And The Thoughtful Man', 'Lycidas' His Great Elegy On A Fellow Poet And 'Comus' The One Masque Which Is Still Read Today. When The Civil War Began Milton Abandoned Poetry For Politics And Wrote A Series Of Pamphlets In Defence Of The Parliamentary Party, Then In Defence Of The Execution Of Charles I: These Include His Great Defence Of The Freedom Of The Press, 'Areopagitica'. In The Course Of This Work He Lost His Sight, And Was Blind For The Last Twenty Years Of His Life.

During This Time He Wrote His Two Great Epics, Paradise Lost And Paradise Regained, And His Retelling Of The Story Of Samson As A Greek Tragedy.