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Biography

Name: John Milton
Birth Date: December 9, 1608
Death Date: November 8, 1674
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: London, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet

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Biography of John Milton
20,617 words, approx. 69 pages
John Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654-1660); and the Restoration. When Elizabeth I, the...
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Biography of John Milton
9,923 words, approx. 33 pages
John Milton's claim to continued recollection rests primarily, of course, on his preeminence as a poet. In 1642 he said that he had been forced by a sense of political duty to interrupt his efforts to become "a Poet soaring in the high region of his...
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Biography of John Milton
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England's preeminent epic poet, John Milton was also the author of a logic textbook: Joannis Miltoni Angli, Artis logicae plenior institutio, ad Petri Rami methodum concinnata, adjecta est praxis annalytica et Petri Rami vita (Englishman John Milton's...
 


Quotations
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John Milton Quotes
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John Milton ( 1608-12-09 – 1674-11-08 ) was an English poet and politician, most famous for his epic poem Paradise Lost . Contents 1 See also 2 Sourced 2.1 On the Morning of Christ's Nativity (1629) 2.2 L'Allegro (1631) 2.3 Il Penseroso (1631) 2.4...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Milton, John (1608–1674) Summary
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Milton, John(1608 and the annual bibliographies of Studies in Philology and...
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John Milton Information
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John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed for his epic poem Paradise Lost, Milton is celebrated as well for his treatise condemning censorship,...


News and Journals
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The New York Observer
Mob Myths Debunked
5/1/2007: 291 words, approx. 1 pages
To the Editor: Lies, damn lies and defamation. That’s how Mark Twain might have characterized “Come Back to San Gennaro: The Mob Is Deeply Missed” [April 30], a thoroughly slanted depiction of both the Italian-American community and Mulberry Street. For one thing, Little Italy is...
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AP News
Today in history - Dec. 9
12/9/2006: 536 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Saturday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2006. There are 22 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 9, 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England.On this date:In 1608, English poet John...
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Vibe.com
Cover Story: The Zen of Eminem
1/28/2005: 2,959 words, approx. 10 pages
As Chris Rock had it, something sure has changed in America when the best golfer is black and the best rapper, white. Rock's choice of words is remarkable: not richest, not most famous, but best. Because there can be no doubt about it anymore, and...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Victoria Kahn
13,528 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following excerpt, Kahn discusses Milton's Samson Agonistes in the context of Renaissance ideas of state authority, focusing on the tragic nature of the choices individuals had to make when ethical and political demands were at odds.
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Critical Essay by David Loewenstein
12,252 words, approx. 41 pages
In the following essay, Lowenstein examines tension in Milton's later revolutionary writings. The critic suggests that, in serving both historiographic and mythopoeic functions, Milton understood the need for a poet to be true to historical fact while also fulfilling artistic and creative criteria.
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Critical Essay by Keith W. Stavely
11,858 words, approx. 40 pages
Below, Stavely compares Milton's syntax and style with those of several contemporaneous political polemicists and demonstrates that his selective use of the Ciceronian model of rhetoric—unfashionable at the time—aptly facilitated his millennial message.
 


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