李晓芳 John Milton.ppt

John Milton(1608-1674) Table of Contents 1. Biography 2. Paradise Lost 2.1 Plot 2.2 Theme 2.3 Characters 2.4 The Image of Satan 2.5 Style Milton is a great poet and important prose writer. His Paradise Lost is the only generally acknowledged English epic since Beowulf. * * 1. Biography He was the greatest English revolutionary poet of the 17th century. He wrote the greatest epic in English literature. He was a great stylist, and famous for his grand style. 2. Paradise Lost Milton’s masterpiece. A long epic in 12 books, written in blank verse. taken from the Old