"On Shakespeare" is a sixteen-line poem by English poet John Milton. It was originally published anonymously in 1632 as part of a preface to Shakespeare's second folio of collected plays. Milton later republished the poem in his 1645 collection of his own lyric poetry. "On Shakespeare" celebrates Shakespeare as an exceptional artist and meditates on the nature of fame as a professional poet.
The English poet and controversialist John Milton (1608-1674) was a champion of liberty and of love-centered marriage. He is chiefly famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and for his defense of unc...
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John Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654...
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John Milton's claim to continued recollection rests primarily, of course, on his preeminence as a poet. In 1642 he said that he had been forced by a sense of political duty to interrupt his efforts to...
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England's preeminent epic poet, John Milton was also the author of a logic textbook: Joannis Miltoni Angli, Artis logicae plenior institutio, ad Petri Rami methodum concinnata, adjecta est praxis anna...
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Biography EssayJohn Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Pro...
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John Milton
John Milton