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The Works of John Milton: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, On Shakespeare, Complete Poetical Works and More

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This collection gathers together the works by John Milton in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!

Fiction:

Comus: A Mask, Presented At Ludlow Castle 1634, Before The Earl Of Bridgewater
Paradise Lost, Illustrated by Gustave Dore
Paradise Regained

Prose:

Areopagitica: A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth and Excellence Thereof
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton:

Miscellaneous Poems.
The Passion.
On Time.
Upon The Circumcision.
At A Solemn Musick.
An Epitaph On The Marchioness Of Winchester.
Song On May Morning.
On Shakespear. 1630.
Another On The Same.
L'allegro.
Il Penseroso.
Sonnets.
Arcades.
Lycidas.
A Mask Presented At Ludlow-castle, 1634. &c.
Anno Aetatis 17. On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough.
The Fifth Ode Of Horace. Lib. I.
Sonnets.
Collection Of Passages Translated In The Prose Writings.
Paradise Lost: A Poem In Twelve Books
Paradise Regained: A Poem In Four Books
Samson Agonistes: A Dramatic Poem

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First published March 5, 2011

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John Milton

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People best know John Milton, English scholar, for Paradise Lost , the epic poem of 1667 and an account of fall of humanity from grace.

Beelzebub, one fallen angel in Paradise Lost, of John Milton, lay in power next to Satan.

Belial, one fallen angel, rebelled against God in Paradise Lost of John Milton.


John Milton, polemicist, man of letters, served the civil Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote in blank verse at a time of religious flux and political upheaval.

Prose of John Milton reflects deep personal convictions, a passion for freedom and self-determination, and the urgent issues and political turbulence of his day. He wrote in Latin, Greek, and Italian and achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644) in condemnation of censorship before publication among most influential and impassioned defenses of free speech and the press of history.

William Hayley in biography of 1796 called and generally regarded John Milton, the "greatest ... author," "as one of the preeminent writers in the ... language," though since his death, critical reception oscillated often on his republicanism in the centuries. Samuel Johnson praised, "with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the ... mind," though he, a Tory and recipient of royal patronage, described politics of Milton, an "acrimonious and surly republican."

Because of his republicanism, centuries of British partisanship subjected John Milton.

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Paradise Lost is one of the greatest, truly incredible. Not just the scenes with Satan but the ones with Adam and Eve and the battles in Heaven are surprisingly intense. Paradise Regained is rather weak in comparison, but Simon Agonistes is excellent.
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