Discover the complete poetic works of the seventeenth-century thinker, writer, and civil servant, John Milton—widely considered one of the greatest English-language authors. Find his famous Paradise Lost, and expand your study of Milton with numerous other enduring poetic works. Arranged chronologically, the text enables you to see Milton’s development as a thinker and artist.
The Harvard Classics
Journey through “Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf.” This massive collection, designed to provide the elements of a liberal education, was compiled by distinguished Harvard University president Charles Eliot in the early 1900s. Packed with the essential works of the Western classical tradition, the Harvard Classics collection remains one of the most comprehensive and well-researched anthologies of all time—a must-have library for students and lovers of the classics.
