Paradise Lost and Other Poems

by John Milton, Edward Le Comte (Noted by), Edward M. Cifelli (Introduction), Regina Marler (Afterword)

Overview

With the three works included in this volume—Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, and Lycidas—Milton placed himself next to Shakespeare, Dante, and Homer as one of the greatest literary genius in history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451531834
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/03/2011
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	1,106,346
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.