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Classic Reader: Authors: John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author John Milton including a biography and the full text of the epic poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.
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Literary Devices: Allusion: Examples and Definition

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines Allusion and then provides several examples of allusion in literature including Milton's Paradise Lost, Marlowe's Doctor Faustus, Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and Keats's Ode to the Grecian Urn. It also discusses the...
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Summary and Analysis of Milton's Prose

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains links to background and reviews of Milton's writings, his theo-political views, and the text of "Paradise Lost."
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of John Milton. Includes information on his famous epic poem, PARADISE LOST, as well as links to William Blake, Percy Shelley, Alexander Pope, John Keats, Lord Byron, and J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Uwm Libraries: Traditions and Interpretations

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at John Milton's Paradise Lost. Contains many illustrations and interpretations of the text, and includes its publishing history.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Gender and Sexuality

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examine representations of gender and sexuality in Restoration and 18th-century literature including Paradise Lost and The Rape of the Lock, and explore the works of early women writers such as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney and Margaret...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: 'Reason Is but Choosing': Freedom of Thought and John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From his politics and religious writings to "Paradise Lost", this article traces how the life and work of John Milton were guided by the principle of freedom of thought and how in doing so he challenged fundamental aspects of...
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Luminarium

Luminarium: Essays and Articles: On John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
Links to dissertations, theses, essays, and articles on the life and work of John Milton, including Paradise Lost, Comus, Lycidas, and Areopagitica.
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Fault Lines: Milton's Mirror of Desire

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Complex analysis of many facets of "desire" in "Paradise Lost." Includes comparisons to Spenser's "The Faierie Queen."
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Society of Archbishop Justus

Society of Archbishop Justus: John Milton, Poet

For Students 9th - 10th
This biographical sketch of the English poet John Milton is very informative. It gives some basic information about his life, as well as some info on his writings.
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Yale University

Yale University: Open Yale Courses: Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
Access any one of twenty-five lectures, in audio, video, or text format, of Milton's work and legacy. With coverage of his major poems and prose works: Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Areopagitica.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site contains links to selected poetry of John Milton. The poems also contain notations.
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University of Michigan

Middle English Compendium: William Langland's the Vision of Piers Plowman

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of the middle English narrative poem Piers Plowman. Readers have the ability to view text in sections, or as a whole, and to carry out a search.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Seventeenth Century British Literature: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an introduction to a unit Seventeenth Century British Literature including Shakespeare's plays, Sir Francis Bacon's essay form, and the influence of "The King James Bible."
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: John Milton/on His Blindness

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a poem Milton wrote about his rapidly worsening visual impairment.
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Luminarium

Luminarium: John Milton Resource Page

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Extensive information on the author, including biography, quotations and complete text of more than twenty works. Also has links to other resources.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Politics and Religion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Civil Wars and the Restoration of the monarchy, the Enlightenment or 'Age of Reason', and British colonialism: investigate the political and religious contexts of Restoration and 18th-century literature.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
An English poet and author of the epic of Paradise Lost.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joseph Haydn

For Students 9th - 10th
(1732-1809) Haydn was a celebrated German composer. His most famous works are "Orpheus and Eurydice;" "Creation;" "Seasons;" "Haydn's Farewell;" "Paradise Lost;" and "Seven Words of Our Saviour on the Cross."
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Richmond provides a very elaborate compilation of Milton's history and works. Readers can see texts in English or Latin. Those with RealPlayer can hear some of the poems read aloud.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Selected Quotes of John Milton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains selected quotes from famous literary works of the English poet, John Milton.
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Other

Old Time Victrola Music: Blackface Minstrel Music

For Students 9th - 10th
This website from Old Time Victrola Music, which sells victrola recordings of minstrel music from 1918, provides samples of several minstrel songs in Real Audio format.

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