Selected Poems: Milton
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- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2007
Summary
Milton: Echoes of Paradise - A Selection of Poems
The poems of John Milton (1608-74) have inspired readers for generations, and this selection spans his entire career, from his earliest works to the magnificent epics of his later life.
The devotional ‘On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity’, his first great poem, anticipates the probing religious questions of Paradise Lost. Works such as ‘L’Allegro’ and ‘Il Penseroso’ consider divisions of loyalties, while ‘A Masque’ (…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140424416 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140424415 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | John Milton, John Leonard |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2007 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
John Milton
John Milton was born in London in 1608 and studied at the University of Cambridge. He originally planned to become a clergyman, but abandoned those ambitions to become a poet. Political in his writings, he served a government post during the time of the Commonwealth. By 1660, he was completely blind but continued to write, finishing Paradise Lost in 1667 and Paradise Regained in 1671. He died in 1674.
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