FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN MILTON
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Historian
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poet and politician
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Philosopher
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Sociologist
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Detailed explanation-1: -In his lifetime, which spanned the period before, during and after the English Civil Wars between Royalists and Republicans, Milton was not only a celebrated poet, but also a political and religious controversialist.
Detailed explanation-2: -His writing brought him into a position of power in the Commonwealth, Secretary for Foreign Tongues to the Council of State, and he served in that duty from 1649 until 1659.
Detailed explanation-3: -Milton’s political philosophy is a curious mixture of contradictory views. He was a supporter of democracy and popular sovereignty. But at the same time he was in favour of the “best men” who would rule and hold office for life. He had little faith on the electorate.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Milton, Political Activist and Poet.
Detailed explanation-5: -John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.