Paratext: The Life of John Milton on pages i through vi

Paratext: The Life of John Milton on pages i through vi

Epic Poetry

This section is the first piece of text the reader sees. Written by Elijah Fenton, this section serves as an introduction to the epic poem and an introduction of the poem’s author John Milton. The section begins with the birth of “our Author,” John Milton in London in 1608 and ends with his death in 1674. The section acts as a eulogy, providing information on John Milton’s academic career, his romantic endeavors, the publication of Paradise Lost and other subsequent books (what Fenton describes as Milton’s “divine work”), his looks, and a lamentation on the author’s passing.

John Milton

Paradise Lost, A Poem, In Twelve Books, pages i through vi

Timothy Bedlington

1820

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