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Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
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The Author and His Faith
John Milton (1608–1674) was born into a prosperous middle-class family in
London. He was a child prodigy whose father gave him the best education imag-
inable: St. Paul’s School (one of the famous grammar schools of the Renaissance,
located right in Milton’s neighborhood), private tutors, Cambridge University,
and five years after college for self-education. As a result, Milton is the most
learned of English writers. In addition to being a famous author, Milton spent a
twenty-year interval in the prime of his life as a famous public and political fig-
ure. Near the beginning of this time, Milton became totally blind. He wrote his
three major works—Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes—
after his public career had ended.
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