[DOC] [TLE] John Milton - Wikipedia [PAR] John Milton (9 December 1608  8 November 1674) was an English poet, 
polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England 
under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, 
and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), ... William Hayley's 
1796 biography called him the "greatest English author",... [DOC] [TLE] John Milton | Biography & Works | Britannica.com [PAR] Jun 12, 2015 ... English poet, pamphleteer, and historian, considered the most significant English 
author after William Shakespeare. Milton is best known for Paradise Lost, widely 
regarded as the... [DOC] [TLE] english 2nd semester Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] Considered one of the greatest English poets, he was the successor to .... 
Sometimes the individual plays within the cycle were performed on fixed stages 
.... Shakespeare is probably the most widely read author in all English literature. 
..... According to the Elizabethan definition of the term, which of the following is a 
tragedy? [DOC] [TLE] John Dryden | Poetry Foundation [PAR] After John Donne and John Milton, John Dryden was the greatest English poet of 
... And he has no peer as a writer of prose, especially literary criticism, and as a 
translator. ... After Shakespeare, he wrote the greatest heroic play of the century, 
The ... heroic poem invites comparison with Milton's great epic Paradise Lost , 
first... [DOC] [TLE] John Milton | Poetry Foundation [PAR] John Milton's career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: ... 
composed in Stuart England but published after the onset of the English Civil War
. ... or more of his mature worksParadise Lost, Paradise Regained, and 
Samson ... works more commentary is written than on any author except 
Shakespeare,... [DOC] [TLE] John Milton - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 28, 2014 ... Composed by dictation after Milton became blind, Paradise Lost relates the ... 
Milton is considered one of the most learned of English poets, having a fluent ... 
Although Milton's poetry is sometimes derided for being too difficult and ... 
Hundreds of years after his death it is Milton, not Shakespeare, who is... [DOC] [TLE] John Milton Essay - Milton, John (Poetry Criticism) - eNotes.com [PAR] He is best known for Paradise Lost (1667), an epic poem recounting the Biblical 
... His father provided his son with a private tutor, retaining him even after ... the 
early 1640s in which he opposed what he considered rampant episcopal tyranny. 
.... to Milton than to any English author save Shakespeare and perhaps Chaucer. [DOC] [TLE] John Milton facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] He is chiefly famous for his epic poem "Paradise Lost" and for his defense of 
uncensored ... by the versatile genius of Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, 
William Byrd, Orlando ... In the middle period of Milton's life, England, after two 
revolutionary wars, ..... and criticism is devoted to Milton than to any other English 
author. [DOC] [TLE] Age of John Milton [PAR] Undoubtedly Milton is regarded as one of the greatest poets in English literature. 
He is second only to Shakespeare. He was ... After leaving the University, he 
studied at home in Horton. He lived a ... In order to fulfill this great aim, he wrote 
Paradise Lost, which is comparable to almost all the great epic of classical writers
. [DOC] [TLE] The Cambridge Companion to English Poets - Cambridge University ... [PAR] When, three centuries after Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy was questioned about 
giving ... of poetry's elite status, in a downbeat oracular mode to which he 
sometimes ... it was Milton, the author of Paradise Lost, and not Shakespeare, 
who had the .... Pope, the greatest master of the English couplet, rephrased 
Milton's claim to... [DOC] [TLE] WHY MILTON MATTERS | Christs College Cambridge [PAR] Oct 30, 2015 ... On this page: Milton's range Milton and the English language. ... But after others 
had done their best to hamstring them, leading to chastening experiences ... And

Question: This author of "Paradise Lost" is sometimes considered the greatest English poet after Shakespeare
Answer: John Milton