Sometime in 1638, John Milton visited Galileo Galilei in Florence. The great astronomer was old and blind and under house arrest,...
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On the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton, fans around the world are celebrating with literary events, exhibits and readings of...
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John Milton - Poet, Paradise Lost, Sonnets: By the time he returned to England in 1639, Milton had manifested remarkable talent as a...
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John Milton censors Raphael Holinshed's lewd anecdote about the mother of William the Conqueror, Arlete. Milton crosses the passage out with...
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Handwritten notes by Paradise Lost poet John Milton have been identified in a copy of a book in an American library.
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A transformative visit to Catholic Florence inspired the Puritan poet to write his epic masterpiece, a BBC documentary reveals
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Milton's most important work on free speech was “Areopagitica,” a short polemical pamphlet that argued “For the Liberty of unlicensed...
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The greatest epic poem in the English language, John Milton's Paradise Lost, has divided critics – but its influence on English literature...
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Oxford lecturer finds An Extempore Upon a Faggot in 18th century anthology, supposedly by the author of Paradise Lost.
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Gordon Teskey on Milton: 'The last major poet in the European literature tradition for whom the act of Creation is centered in God.
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