How do John Milton's sonnets shape society?

John Milton wrote in a wide range of genres, in several languages, and on an extraordinary range of subjects. He remade the moral, political, and cultural world around him; without him, the world we live in would look different. One thing he offers, therefore, is a case for an education in the humanities - in languages, in philosophy and history, in literature, music, and art - as a route towards meaningful reflection on human life, and towards a considered contribution to civilisation's progress