John Milton Complete Works World's Best CollectionThis is the world’s best John Milton collection, including the most complete set of Milton’s works available plus many free bonus materials.John MiltonJohn Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell, best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost.Milton wrote at a time of religious and political ...

These lectures present poetry as a living force that cannot be reduced to definition, ornament, or technique. Drawing on Milton's "simple, sensuous, and passionate," the author argues that true poetry is sincere, concrete, and inwardly felt, yet not every burst of emotion becomes poetry: patriotic fervor or political excitement may produce verse without producing art. What distinguishes the poet is genius, a fresh and original vision that notices what others miss and reveals the familiar a...