John Milton is no longer biographical news ... Readers who know that Hilaire Belloc is himself a poet, a lusty controversialist and a belligerent Roman Catholic, anticipated some pyrotechnic ...

Milton’s epic recounts a revolt against Heaven. Readers from Thomas Jefferson to Malcolm X have drawn their own lessons from the work.

John Milton, poet and writer, was born in London on 9th December 1608, a son of composer John Milton (d.1647) and his wife Sara (Jeffrey). He was educated at St Paul's School and Christ's College, ...

Experts have unearthed handwritten annotations made by the English poet They found he crossed out a lewd anecdote and dismissed it as inappropriate His work, Paradise Lost, is thought to be one of ...

John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and ...

Hemans Street is traced to 19th-century English poet Felicia Hemans. Bremer Street? That's nod to Fredrika Bremer, a Swedish writer. Milton Street recognizes Englishman John Milton. Whittier ...

Nearly 30 passages that Jefferson recorded, Orlando Reade notes, derive from John Milton’s epic poem “Paradise Lost,” including 11 that center on the figure of Satan. Jefferson’s interest ...