Titles by John Milton

1608 – 1674

John Milton (1608-1674) ranks among the greatest poets of the English language. He is best known for the epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), but he also wrote prose works on history, religion, and contemporary politics.

Bio

Although his academic talents marked him for a career in the Anglican church, Milton turned away from the Church of England at an early age and was a consistent supporter of the Puritan cause. He spent most of his life in academia or as a civil servant working for the Puritan Commonwealth.

Read the Liberty Classics Liberty, Not Licensing: John Milton’s Areopagitica from Econlib

For additional information about John Milton see the following:

Timeline on the Life and Work of John Milton
the Goodrich Seminar Room entry on John Milton
Topic on The English Revolution

Milton featured as the December 2022 OLL Birthday. Read it here

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Titles

Areopagitica (1644) (Jebb ed.)

John Milton

The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton

The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth

John Milton

The Prose Works of John Milton, 2 vols.

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 1

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

The Prose Works of John Milton, vol. 2

Rufus Wilmot Griswold

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

William Talbot Allison

Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647-9)

Alexander Dunlop Lindsay

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