![]() ![]() Never was a work of literature so imbued with the visual. Milton represents the English imagination at its most organised, disciplined and sublime Tom Paulin, Guardian Offers an intensely filmic description of the events that countless artists have sought to visualise The Times He published the companion poem, Paradise Regained, in 1671.John Milton died on 8 November 1674. In 1663 he married his third wife, Elizabeth Minshull and he is also thought to have finished Paradise Lost in this same year. When the monarchy was restored in 1660 Milton was arrested but was released with a fine. ![]() His first wife died in 1652 and he married again in 1656, although his second wife died not long afterwards in 1658. He also began work on his masterpiece, Paradise Lost, as early as 1642. During the Interregnum after the execution of Charles I, Milton worked for the civil service and wrote pamphlets in support of the new republic. They had four children, three daughters and a son who died in infancy. He married Mary Powell in 1642 but their relationship quickly broke down and they lived apart until 1645. He wrote poetry in Latin and Italian as well as English and travelled in Italy between 16. He studied at St Paul's School and then at Christ's College, Cambridge. ![]()
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