John Milton
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Milton, an English poet and political writer, has a thorough knowledge of classical Greek and Latin authors and was greatly influenced by them. Through his poetry, Milton wanted to do for England "what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews of old" did for their countries "with this over and above of being a Christian." He wrote Paradise Lost to "justify the ways of God to man." Samson Agonistes tells the...
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Harvard classics volume 4
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John Milton, the 17th century English poet author, polemicist and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England is of course known best for his famous epic poem "Paradise Lost" which retells the biblical story of "The Fall of Man" and how Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan and ultimately expelled from the Garden of Eden. "Paradise Lost" is included in this volume of "The Complete Poems of John Milton" along with its sequel "Paradise Regained" and...
4) John Milton
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John Milton's finest poetry includes sections from Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, the masque Comus, as well as sonnets and other poems.
