First person Quote by Robert Hass

“John Milton almost single-handedly created the identity of the writer as political activist.”

— Anna Beer

“John Milton has, since his own lifetime, always been one of the major figures in English literature, but his reputation has changed constantly. He…

— Ronald Carter

“John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed…

— John Milton

“No one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words.”

— Philip Pullman

The sightless Milton, with his hair Around his placid temples curled; And Shakespeare at his side,-a freight, If clay could think and mind were…

— William Wordsworth

“Milton argued, in 1649, after the execution of Charles I, that a people 'free by nature' had a right to overthrow a tyrant; a…

— Ronald Carter

The Sonnets of Shakespeare have the fascination of an autobiography, without its clarity. It is like reading an important document in a cave by…

— Gilbert Highet

“I don't write sonnets, I rewrite society with my sonnets.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Malone's commentary on Sonnet 93 was a defining moment in the history not only of Shakespeare studies but also of literary biography in general.…

— James Shapiro

“He did. He researched her. Someone told him that she had a special interest in John Milton. It did not take long to discover…

— Ian McEwan

Sonnets are guys writing in English, imitating an Italian song form. It was a form definitely sung as often as it was recited.

— Steve Earle

“The sonnet, a lyrical poem, the beauty and magic... convey with our hearts the truth of the universe in a single moment briefly.”

— R.M. Engelhardt