![]() He died in 1674.Ĭhristopher Ricks is professor of humanities at Boston University and most recently author of Dylan's Visions of Sin. In 1651, he went completely blind but he continued to write, finishing Paradise Lost in 1667, and Paradise Regained in 1671. Political in his writings, he served a government post during the time of the Commonwealth. ![]() ![]() He originally planned to become a clergyman, but abandoned those ambitions to become a poet. Revised reissue.īook Synopsis These controversial epic poems demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama in profound explorations of the moral problems of God's justice-and what it truly means to be human.Ībout the Author John Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608, and studied at the University of Cambridge. Includes notes by Ricks and a new Afterword by Weldon. ![]() About the Book Here in one volume are the texts of two of the greatest-and most controversial-epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. ![]()
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