Notes on works by John Milton, 1763, 1767-1768 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Notes on works by John Milton, 1763, 1767-1768

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0043

Extent: 1.0 Volume

Date Acquired: 08/10/1953

Subjects: English poetry - Early Modern, 1500-1700, Milton, John - 1608-1674

Languages: English

This volume contains approximately 75 pages of notes about the works of John Milton, written primarily in 1767 and 1768. The anonymous author wrote extensive notes on works such as "Paradise Regained" (1671), "Samson Agonistes" (1671), "Lycidas" (1637), "Comus" (1634), and a number of Milton's sonnets, as well as briefer analyses of numerous other works. The notes for "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" (also referred to as "Hymn on Christmas Day") (1629) are dated "Christmas Day 1763."

The volume has the bookplate of John Plumptre.

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John Milton (1608-1674) was an English poet and polemicist. Privately tutored as a child, Milton had an early knowledge of many ancient and modern languages, including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, and Italian. His earliest datable poems were English paraphrases of psalms 114 and 136, which he had printed at the age of 15. Milton was admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1625, where he earned his BA in 1629 and MA in 1632. He published his first poem, "On Shakespeare," in 1630.

Following a period of private study and a tour of mainland Europe, Milton became more politically engaged in England, taking anti-monarchical and anti-episcopal stances. His magnum opus, Paradise Lost, was published in 1667. This epic poem in blank verse retells the biblical story of Adam and Eve, depicting humanity's fall from grace in 10 (and later 12) volumes.

English poetry - Early Modern, 1500-1700
Milton, John - 1608-1674

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Related Materials: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library has extensive collections of works by and about John Milton.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon (November 2016) and Dana Miller (December 2023).

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