Complete English Poems: John Milton (Everyman's Library CLASSICS) - Hardcover

Milton, John

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ISBN 10: 185715097X ISBN 13: 9781857150971

Verlag: Random House Uk, 1992

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This volume presents a complete text of all Milton's verse. Coleridge linked Milton and Shakespeare as the greatest of English poets, and even in our time Milton continues to exert a powerful influence, both on the writing of poetry and on critical debate.

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John Milton was born on 9 December 1608. He studied at St Paul's School and then at Christ's College, Cambridge. He wrote poetry in Latin and Italian as well as English and travelled in Italy between 1638 and 1639. He married Mary Powell in 1642 but their relationship quickly broke down and they lived apart until 1645. They had four children, three daughters and a son who died in infancy. During the Interregnum after the execution of Charles I, Milton worked for the civil service and wrote pamphlets in support of the new republic. He also began work on his masterpiece, Paradise Lost, as early as 1642. His first wife died in 1652 and he married again in 1656, although his second wife died not long afterwards in 1658. When the monarchy was restored in 1660 Milton was arrested but was released with a fine. In 1663 he married his third wife, Elizabeth Minshull and he is also thought to have finished Paradise Lost in this same year. He published the companion poem, Paradise Regained, in 1671.John Milton died on 8 November 1674.

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• Verlag: Random House Uk
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 185715097X
• ISBN 13: 9781857150971
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 630
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