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学到很多东西的诀窍，就是一下子不要学很多。 ------ 洛 克 John Milton his Paradise Lost School of Foreign Studies, SCNU 2005. 12. 22 Overview Epic Poetry as a Classic Literary Form John Milton Biography Background of Poem Characters John Milton (1608-1674) John Milton′s Times 1642-1649: English Civil War King/Anglican Clergy vs. Parliament (dominated by Puritans) Protestant Revolution (Death of King Charles I) 1649-1660: No British King 1649-1653: Commonwealth 1653-1658: Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell 1660: Restoration (of King Charles II) His early life and education Born on December 9, 1608, in London. Educated at St. Pauls School, London in 1616. In 1625, Milton entered Cambridge University. Bachelor of Arts degree in March 1629 and Master of Arts in July 1632. After graduation, he spent six years at his father’s country home on solitary study. he started his travel on the Continent in 1538. His revolutionary career Pamphleteering in the cause of religious and civil liberty in 1641-60. Appointed Latin Secretary to Cromwell’s Council of State in 1649. Censor and editor of the Commonwealth paper, Mercurius Politicu in 1651. Latin Defense of the People of England. Totally blind in 1652 and imprisoned for a short time after the restoration and then retired to private life. His marriage and later life Married Mary Powell in June 1642. She died in 1652. A pamphlet: “Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce in 1643”. Second wife, Catherine Woodcock, in 1652. Third wife, Elizabeth Minshell, in 1663. Paradise Lost was finished in 1665; In 1671 appeared Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. Milton died peacefully in 1674. Milton’s literary career 1625-1640: short poems: L’Allegro and Il Penseroso (1632), Comus (1634, 宴会欢乐之神), and Lycidas (1638) 1640-1660: pamphlets and tracts: Areopagitica (1644《论出版自由》); The Defense of the English People (1650); The 2nd Defense of the English People (1650). 1660-1674: Paradise Lost (1667), Paradise Regained (1671), and Samson Agonistes (