Paradise Lost and Other Poems
Author: John Milton, Edward Le Comte, Edward M. Cifelli and Regina Marler Series: Signet Classics (Hardcover)
With the three works included in this volume--"Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes," and "Lycidas"--Milton placed himself next to Shakespeare, Dante, and Homer as one of the greatest literary geniuses in history. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue.
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With the three works included in this volume--"Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes," and "Lycidas"--Milton placed himself next to Shakespeare, Dante, and Homer as one of the greatest literary geniuses in history. Includes a new Afterword. Revised reissue.
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With the three works included in this volume--Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, and Lycidas--Milton placed himself next to Shakespeare, Dante, and Homer as one of the greatest literary genius in history.
About the Author
John Milton was born in London on December 9, 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. In 1651, he went completely blind but he continued to write, finishing Paradise Lost in 1667, and Paradise Regained in 1671. He died in 1674.
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