Milton

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An English poet best known for the long poem Paradise Lost about Adam and Eve and the loss of heaven

proper noun
/ˈmɪltən/

Literature

: Milton

In his writings, Milton eloquently explores the themes of freedom and temptation.
Milton's Paradise Lost
John Milton
Shakespeare and Milton

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Examples

It's here in book seven, and only here that Milton names his muse.
The authors include discussions of Milton's Paradise Lost and Mary Rowlandson's North American captivity narratives.

Academic text (1993)
We sinned all," he quipped of Milton's Puritan pessimism in his twenty-sixth notebook.

Academic text (2008)
“Discuss the elegy in its various forms and the poet's place in society “through a comparison of Khalil Gibran, Percy Shelley or John Milton”?

Rites of Passage (2012)
The library has a first edition of Milton's 'Paradise Lost', an essential text in English literature.
Milton was a revolutionary poet whose work continues to inspire readers today.

Synonyms

John Milton

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An English poet from the 1600s who wrote Paradise Lost

is the same author info but given as a shorter, less formal name

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Milton comes from old English parts mill and town, so it originally meant 'mill town', a village with a mill. That place name later became a family name and is the surname of the English poet John Milton.