Paradise Lost and Other Poems

by Milton, John; Le Comte, Edward; Le Comte, Edward

• ISBN13: 9780451628268
• ISBN10: 0451628268
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1961-11-01
• Publisher: Signet

Summary

Presents three major works by the seventeenth-century poet

Author Biography

John Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608, and studied at the University of Cambridge. He originally planned to become a clergyman, but abandoned those ambitions to become a poet. Political in his writings, he served a government post during the time of the Commonwealth. In 1651, he went completely blind but he continued to write, finishing Paradise Lost in 1667, and Paradise Regained in 1671. He died in 1674.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Life of Milton	vii
Paradise Lost	33	(312)
Samson Agonistes	345	(56)
Lycidas	401	(12)
Selected Bibliography	413