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'''John Milton''' (1608-74) was an English poet and writer; he was the chief literary spokesman for the [[Puritan]] revolution. Milton's most famous work is the epic poem ''[[Paradise Lost]]''; many experts consider it the greatest epic poem in the English language. The poem was written in blank verse in 1658-63, when Milton was totally blind.
'''John Milton''' (1608-74) was an English poet and writer; he was the chief literary spokesman for the [[Puritan]] revolution. An intensely reliigious Protestant, Milton's most famous work is the epic poem ''[[Paradise Lost]]''. Many experts consider it the greatest epic poem in the English language. The poem was written in blank verse in 1658-63, when Milton was totally blind.
He was a graduate of Christ College, Cambridge.
He was a graduate of Christ College, Cambridge.
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Bradford, Richard. ''The Complete Critical Guide to John Milton'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/107429480?title=The%20Complete%20Critical%20Guide%20to%20John%20Milton online edition]
* Bradford, Richard. ''The Complete Critical Guide to John Milton'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/107429480?title=The%20Complete%20Critical%20Guide%20to%20John%20Milton online edition]
* Richmond, H. ''The Christian Revolutionary: John Milton'' (1974)
* Wedgwood, C.V. '' Milton and his world'' (1969) good introduction
* Wilson, A.N. ''The Life of John Milton'' (1983), a conservative interpretation that makes Milton a kind of counterbalance for the late twentieth-century state of dissolute, irreligious philistinism,
* Wilson, A.N. ''The Life of John Milton'' (1983), a conservative interpretation that makes Milton a kind of counterbalance for the late twentieth-century state of dissolute, irreligious philistinism,
* [http://www.questia.com/library/literature/literature-of-specific-countries/british-literature/17th-century/john-milton.jsp online books and articles on Milton]
* [http://www.questia.com/library/literature/literature-of-specific-countries/british-literature/17th-century/john-milton.jsp online books and articles on Milton]