![]() ![]() His epic poems Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, for which he is most remembered, were written after he became blind in 1652. Milton’s wide-ranging prose works included pamphlets on religious themes, education, and the law of divorce. ![]() Returning to England in 1639 on the eve of the English Civil War, he became a staunch supporter of the Puritans against the crown and served for a time in the Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. In 1638 he undertook a journey to France and Italy. ![]() After earning a bachelor’s degree (1629) and master’s degree (1632) from Cambridge University, he devoted the next five years to private study. He excelled in languages and later wrote poems in Greek, Latin, Italian, and English. Milton was born in London, where he was educated at St. Milton published the tract anonymously, defying the ordinance’s prohibition. The ordinance required authors to get prior approval from an official licenser before publication of printed materials. John Milton (1608–1674), one of the greatest English poets, made an important contribution to the idea of free speech and free press in a pamphlet, Areopagitica(1644), which he wrote and published in response to a restrictive printing ordinance established by Parliament in 1643. (Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain) ![]()
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