Milton

John Milton Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 In 2008 Christ College at Cambridge University celebrated the 400th anniversary of John Milton's birth. Milton was a former student of the college. This web site documents the celebration and provides information about this influential English poet. Find out why Milton matters as you learn about his ability to write in a wide range of genres, in several languages and on many topics. Milton's contributions to the English language are discussed. Listen to lectures about Milton. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/milton400/index.htm

John Milton Grade Level: 9-12 Here is a short, engaging biography about English poet John Milton. Milton was a powerful poet who influenced those who succeeded him. Many consider him second only to Shakespeare. His great epic poem "Paradise Lost" is one of the greatest poems ever written. However, it was not until after his death that his poems were fully appreciated. This site describes Milton's background, his school days, his political preferences, his family life, his physical constraints, and his personal life and experiences connected with his work. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://incompetech.com/authors/milton/

John Milton: The Milton-L Home Page Grade Level: 9-12 Here is an award-winning literary site devoted to sharing information on the life, literature, and times of the poet John Milton. This scholarly resource includes a discussion forum, a Milton chronology within an historical context, articles on Milton's work, book reviews, audio clips, images, "Paradise Lost" e-texts, and links to a wealth of resources. Some of the audio clips may be temporarily down. Linked keywords within this hypertext are in bold print but are not underlined. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674

John Milton & Seventeenth-Century Culture Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 "Books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life. . . they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them . . . a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit", John Milton. John Milton was one of the most influential British poets. Here on this site you can read a biography of John Milton's life. Articles about his famous writing, "Paradise Lost" ,are available for reading, along with additional facts about his poems and prose. Topic: Poets, English--Biography URL: http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/milton/milton.html John Milton: Poet, Priest and Prophet Grade Level:  9-12 John Spenser Hill is the author of this book about John Milton, an examination of "Divine Vocation in Milton's Poetry and Prose". Here the author explores John Milton's prose and poetry with a purposeful religious objective. He defines Milton's role, or vocation as a "poet-priest" and later "poet-prophet". The entire Preface, Introduction, and all Chapters from the book can be read at this site. Investigate the writings of John Milton and find out if you agree with the author's view about Milton's motives and vocation regarding his prose and poems. Topic: Poets, English--Biography URL: http://www.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/postprint/jhill-milt/milton.htm About Paradise Lost Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 John Milton, author of "Paradise Lost" was a famous poet. He did not imitate his poetry in the Greek or Latin style as did most poets. "Milton sought to rehabilitate the English poetic tradition by establishing it as an extension or flowering of the classical tradition. He saw himself as a poet whose lineage extended, through the Romans, back to the Greeks. Like Homer and Virgil before him, Milton would be the epic poet of the English nation." Because he was blind, he began dictating "Paradise Lost" to an amanuensis (secretary). He began the work in 1658, and it was completed in 1667. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/paradiselost/about.html John Milton (1608-1674) Grade Level:  9-12 "The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven a hell, a hell a heaven," believed English poet John Milton. This guide to the writer behind Paradise Lost includes links to four related Guardian features and reviews and a number of facts about the author arranged under such headings as "Critical verdict" ("The mighty Paradise Lost, written 'to justify the works of God to man,' also dignified the English language --partly by Latinising it--and pioneered blank verse in poetry"), "Now read on," and "Recommended biography." Topic: Poets, English URL: http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,99944,00.html Elizabeth Barrett Browning Biography (1806-61) Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 This Arts and Entertainment web site includes a short biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Poet and Scholar. She was born in 1806 and at the age of eleven she had composed her first poetic work which her father published. Largely self educated, she began reading and writing verse at the age of four, and by age ten she had read the works of Shakespeare, Pope and Milton as well as the histories of England, Greece and Rome Topic: Poets URL: http://www.biography.com/search/article.jsp?aid=9228932&search=%22child+genius%22 English literature Grade Level:  9-12 This web site offers a comprehensive anthology of early 17th century English literature. View works by authors like Ben Johnson, John Fletcher, John Milton., and Thomas Carew. This site offers essays and critical articles regarding many of the literary pieces. Obtain lyrics from popular music and plays from this time period as well as links to additional resources. Topic: Medieval literature URL: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/ Mary Shelley Grade Level:  K-5  6-8  9-12 As part of the Online Literature Library web site, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein" is presented in its entirety for reading on the World Wide Web. Each chapter is presented on a separate page, and links are provided to other literature that influenced her writing of this novel, such as Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and Milton's "Paradise Lost". Topic: Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft,--1797-1851 URL: http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary Edgar Allan Poe Collection Grade Level:  9-12 The Milton S. Eisenhower Library of the Johns Hopkins University maintains the Edgar Allan Poe Collection, 1875-1985, Ms. 200, which John Calvin French, the first president of the Edgar Allan Poe Society, began primarily with secondary material (e.g., newspaper clippings). Supplemented by gifts from other Society members, the collection swelled to thirteen document boxes and one flat box of documents and scrapbooks, including pamphlets, prints, correspondence, and research material from Society members and Poe biographers Mary E. Phillips, May Garrettson Evans, and Kenneth Rede. This entry more fully describes the holdings. Topic: Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore (Md.) URL: http://www.library.jhu.edu/collections/specialcollections/manuscripts/msregisters/ms200.html Free Verse Grade Level:  6-8  9-12 Free verse is poetry based on irregular rhythmic cadence and syntactical patterns rather than meter. Rhyme, if used at all, is used with freedom. A line of free verse poetry is based on quantities of rhythm rather than syllabic count. Using cadence as the basis of poetry is old. The Bible, especially the King James Version, uses free verse in Psalms and Song of Solomon. Milton and Arnold sometimes used free verse, and Walt Whitman often did. French poets of the late 19th century established the Vers Libre, or free verse, movement. Topic: Free verse URL: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/freeverse.html Philip Pullman (1946-) Grade Level:  9-12 The Guardian's guide to British author Philip Pullman comprises an image, links to two related Guardian and Observer features, and a number of facts about the author arranged under such headings as "Critical verdict," "Influences" (Swift and Dickens, according to the Guardian, and Blake and Milton), "Now read on," and "Recommended biography." Pullman, author of numerous books for young adults, is perhaps best know for the His Dark Materials trilogy, the third book which was the first children's book to capture the Whitbread Prize. Topic: Pullman, Philip,--1946- URL: http://books.guardian.co.uk/authors/author/0,,798016,00.html

John Milton: Paradise Lost Grade Level: 6-8 9-12 Scholars do not know exactly when John Milton wrote his famous epic poem, "Paradise Lost". "Milton's overall reputation at the end of the seventeenth century did not bode well for the sale of his literary works." "Paradise Lost" was widely criticized for not following conservative poetic standards. Many editions of this book were published. Read about the history of this controversial book written by John Milton. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg117.htm

Milton's Redemption of Epic Poetry Grade Level: 9-12 Classical literature has its tradition. An author's formation of his or her work is learned from literature and poems of earlier authors. "The epic formula, the ode, the drama, the lyric -- all have been used, imitated, developed, matured, and added to in the twenty-five hundred to three thousand years since their first known use." The essay on this Web site is about the famous epic poet, John Milton, and his writings. In his analysis, the author discusses Milton's epic poem, "Paradise Lost". Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://www.reformed.org/webfiles/antithesis/v2n2/ant_v2n2_epic.html

John Milton, Paradise Lost, Books I and II Grade Level: 9-12 For his course English Literature Beowulf to Dryden, which introduces students to the British authors, works, genres, ideas, and movements that contributed development of the English language and its literature, Instructor Arnie Sanders developed a number of online study guides, including this one on Books I and II of John Milton's Paradise Lost. The guide features commentary ("His English Protestant readers are presumed to be fully acquainted with not only the basics of Christian doctrine but also with the specific biblical texts upon which those doctrines are based"), study questions, and recommendations for further research. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/john_miltonparadise_lost12.htm

About Milton's Cottage Grade Level: K-5 6-8 9-12 "Milton's Cottage is the only extant home of John Milton, the great English poet and parliamentarian, in Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire." In this cottage is a museum dedicated to the English poet. The museum contains editions of poetry and prose written by Milton. Many 17th Century books are also on display. Here you can also read about the town Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire. View actual photographs of this English town where John Milton lived. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.miltonscottage.org/about_miltons_cottage.htm

Milton reading room Grade Level: 9-12 The Reading Room web site is a work in progress. The site now contains most of Milton's major poetry in English and some of his prose. Most, but not all of the works presented here have been fully annotated. To obtain biographical information about Milton, peruse the many additional links that are offered on this web site. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/contents/index.html

The Milton-L Home Page Grade Level: K-5 6-8 9-12 The Milton Home Page is devoted to the life and literature of John Milton. Select: Chronology. Here you will find a time-line of the life of John Milton. Many of the titles of his writings are included in this time-line. If you would like to see some of his writings, Select: E-texts. A directory of John Milton's poems and prose is provided here. You may choose to read these poems and writings by clicking onto the title. This Web site presents a great deal of information about the life and literature of this writer. Topic: Poets URL: http://www.richmond.edu/~creamer/milton/

John Milton (1608-1674) Grade Level: 9-12 View essays and articles about the life of John Milton. This web site is an excellent vehicle for research regarding this poet and much of his writings. Read scholarly writings and critiques of some of his most famous work as well as many of the works themselves in their entirety. In depth information can be located throughout the multiple links and additional Internet resources that are provided. Some portraits of John Milton are also provided on this site. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/

John Milton Grade Level: 9-12 Classic Reader's free online collection currently comprises more than three thousand works of literature (including nearly two thousand short stories) by more than three hundred authors. New works are added regularly. The entry on John Milton, one of the greatest poets of the English language, features a biographical sketch ("Milton's powerful, rhetoric prose and the eloquence of his poetry had an immense influence, especially on the eighteenth-century verse") and the complete text of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.classicreader.com/author.php/aut.65/

John Milton Grade Level: 9-12 Humanities Web comprises such resources as biographies, timelines, chronologies, images, electronic texts of primary sources, articles, and recommendations for further research and reading, all of which "show the interconnections, the web, the links, between history, the arts, and culture--and how each plays off and influences the others." The entry on English poet John Milton features an image, brief biography, chronology, quotations, and the complete text of a selection of his poems and essays. According to Milton, "He who reins within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king." Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=l&p=c&a=i&ID=70

Milton, John Grade Level: 9-12 An annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video, and art, the Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database comprises entries that serve as resources in health/pre-health and liberal arts settings. The works in the database were annotated because of their value in medical humanities. One work by English poet John Milton is represented: "Sonnet 16 (On His Blindness )." The annotation of this sonnet includes a summary and commentary, as well as the key words by which the work may be searched. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/People?action=view&id=2609

The Life of John Milton Grade Level: K-5 6-8 9-12 The Web site provides a complete biography of the famous poet John Milton. Topics to choose from include: The Story of Milton; Interesting Facts About Milton; Milton's Literary Life; Milton and His Family; and Particular Works by Milton. Also available for reading are actual texts of two of his celebrated poems, "On Time" and "The Fifth Ode of Horace". All the information you need to know about this well-known poet can be found in a simple format right here. Topic: Poets, English--Biography URL: http://www.2020site.org/milton/

John Milton, Shorter Poems Grade Level: 9-12 For his course English Literature Beowulf to Dryden, which introduces students to the British authors, works, genres, ideas, and movements that contributed development of the English language and its literature, Instructor Arnie Sanders developed a number of online study guides, including this one on three short poems by John Milton: "On Shakespeare," "To the Lord General Cromwell," and "When I Consider How My Light Is Spent." The guide features commentary ("[H]is work as Latin Secretary to Cromwell and his career as a writer of polemical essays had far more impact on his contemporary culture than [Paradise Lost]"), study questions, and recommendations for further research. Topic: Milton, John,--1608-1674 URL: http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/john_milton_shorter_poems.htm

Summary and Analysis of Milton's Prose Grade Level: 9-12 This site provides summaries and analysis of John Milton's writings. Michael Bryson is the author of the book, "The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as King". His book is about John Milton's portrayal of God in the book "Paradise Lost". Here you will find information about Milton's Theo-Political Views and his prose to pamphlets regarding religious and other political themes. This site is intended for students at the high school level or above. Topic: Poets, English URL: http://www.brysons.net/miltonweb/index.html