John Milton, the greatest English poet of the 17th century, was also the great champion of press freedom, and “ Areopagitica “ (1644), his impassioned plea for “unlicensed printing ...

John Milton, the author of Paradise Lost, is 400 years old today. His great poem is studied in colleges all over the English-speaking world, and his ideals have become deeply rooted, not least in ...

Dec. 9 is Milton's 400th birthday, which is as good a time as any to note that John Milton has been, more than anyone but Shakespeare, an inspiration and a rival to later poets.

WAS JOHN MILTON a student of the occult? I had forgotten just how extensive his grasp of demonology was until the publication of a new edition of “Paradise Lost” (Modern Library: 424 pp., $11 ...

John Milton Was Born 405 Years Ago Today. Here's Why He Still Matters. Hulton Archive/Getty Images "John Milton And His Poetry" October 21, 1931 ...

John Milton's handwritten annotations have been identified in a copy of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (1587), a vital source of inspiration for the Paradise Lost poet. The discovery makes this ...

John Milton Muddles Through Some people call this a critical, as opposed to a creative, age. I doubt whether it is either.

John Milton citing Spenser on the recent history of Ireland in his 1587 edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles. Note Milton's italic e, hooks and curls on letters and distinctive s's.

The handwriting was oddly familiar. University of Cambridge lecturer Jason Scott-Warren peered closer at the article he was reading — especially its photos of anonymous marginal scratchings in a ...

John Milton’s annotations of Shakespeare’s First Folio are just the latest example of how fascinating marginalia can be.