FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN MILTON
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1667
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1639
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1669
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1651
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Detailed explanation-1: -John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. This copy was printed in 1668, with an adapted title page. In this ‘advent’rous’ poem (1.13), Milton announces his ambition to ‘justify the ways of God to men’ (1.26).
Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise Lost was probably written between 1658 and 1663, a transitional period when he was completing much of his long career as a political pamphleteer and passionately opposing the Stuart Restoration which occurred in 1660.
Detailed explanation-3: -Paradise Lost: Book 9 (1674 version) by John… Poetry Foundation.
Detailed explanation-4: -When Paradise Lost was published in London in 1667, Milton had fallen out of favour. Just months before the restoration of the Stuart monarchy in May 1660, he had published a pamphlet denouncing kingship.