John Milton

by Neil Forsyth and Neil Forsyth

Book Overview

John Milton has usually been regarded as 'the other great poet' in English literature, after Shakespeare. He is the only one of the world's great poets also to have been actively engaged in politics. A radical Protestant and staunch republican, he served as Latin secretary to Oliver Cromwell during the Commonwealth. After the restoration of Charles II, his life was probably saved by his fame as a poet. Apart from the great poems like Paradise Lost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745953107
• ISBN13: 9780745953106
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Lion Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.3"