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A lapidary new biography of John Milton, from an award-winning Oxford professor, emphasizing what the poet offers readers today For most of us, John Milton has been relegated to the dusty pantheon of the greats of English literature, removed from this world and only focused on the higher things. But behind the myth is an extraordinary and complicated human being: A revolutionary and an apologist for regicide who spoke and wrote in ten languages. A man of learning who went to collect a debt one day and returned with a wife. A lover of music and arts who grew up in the shadow of London. A scholar and a poet who wrote propaganda for Oliver Cromwell. In Untitled, Milton scholar Joe Moshenska clears the cobwebs from this titan of English literature and crafts a spirited and singular biography. In Moshenska's hands, the 17th century world comes to vivid life, as inflection points in Milton's biography (his blindness, his government job, his unhappy...

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Author

Joe Moshenska

Publisher

Basic Books

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781529364293

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Memoir, Literary Criticism, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.2 / 5 (57 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14