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John Milton (1608 - 1674)

Locating Print Resources in the library - search for "john milton" or "paradise lost" for a general list like the one below:

Title Call Number
John Milton: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide 821 JOH
John Milton 821 JOH
The Complete Poetry of John Milton 821 MIL
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained 821 MIL
Lives of the Poets 821.009 SCH
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 REF 809 LIT
Poetry Criticism REF 809.1 POE V. 19

Databases

Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Digital Resources" at the reference desk for home access codes and passwords.

Search the databases and you will retrieve many documents pertaining to Milton. Do not use capital letters. Some suggested keywords to be used alone or in combination with one another:

  • milton
  • paradise lost

Websites

Dartmouth College -- The Milton Reading Room page contains the full text of "Paradise Lost." It has a page of links to research materials.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/

Luminarium -- This excellent site has an abundance of material on Milton and his works.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/milton/miltadd.htm
An Online Library of Literature (by Knowledge Matters Ltd.) -- Milton and much more
http://www.literature.org/
The Milton-L Homepage from The University of Richmond
http://www.richmond.edu/~creamer/milton/
John Milton: "Paradise Lost" The Classic Text: Traditions and Interpretations -- from The College of William & Mary -- Interesting lore about Milton and "Paradise Lost"
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg117.htm
Project Gutenberg Presents The Poetical Works of John Milton
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=1745
englishverse.com -- Poets, Poems & Books -- "On His Blindness"
http://www.englishverse.com/poems/on_his_blindness
Renascence Editions -- "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathon Swift
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/modest.html
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathon Swift -- from Encyclopedia of the Self -- other links included
http://www.selfknowledge.com/mdprp10.htm
Project Gutenberg Presents -- An Essay on Man, Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=2428
Representative Poetry Online -- links to more writings by Alexander Pope
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poem/1637.html

Citation Guides

http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.

Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.

Reference books - Check them out - REF 808.

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