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1、AboutMilton:JohnMilton(December9,1608–November8,1674)wasanEnglishpoet,prosepolemicist,andcivilservantfortheEnglishCommonwealth.MostfamedforhisepicpoemParadiseLost,Miltoniscelebratedaswellforhiseloquenttreatisecondemningcensorship,Areopagitica.Longcon-sideredthesupremeEnglishpoet,Miltonex
2、periencedadipinpopular-ityafterattacksbyT.S.EliotandF.R.Leavisinthemid20thcentury;butwithmultiplesocietiesandscholarlyjournalsdevotedtohisstudy,Milton’sreputationremainsasstrongaseverinthe21stcentury.Verysoonafterhisdeath–andcontinuingtothepresentday–Miltonbecamethesubjectofpartisanbiogr
3、aphies,confirmingT.S.Eliot’sbeliefthat“ofnootherpoetisitsodifficulttoconsiderthepoetrysimplyaspoetry,withoutourtheologicalandpoliticaldispositions…makingunlawfulentry.”Milton’sradical,republicanpoliticsandhereticalreligiousviews,coupledwiththeperceivedartificialityofhiscomplicatedLatinat
4、everse,alienatedEliotandotherreaders;yetbydintoftheoverridinginfluenceofhispoetryandpersonalityonsubsequentgenerations—particularlytheRomanticmovement—themanwhomSamuelJohnsondisparagedas“anacrimoniousandsurlyrepublican”mustbecountedoneofthemostsignificantwritersandthinkersofalltime.Sourc
5、e:Wikipedia2Part13OfMan'sfirstdisobedience,andthefruitOfthatforbiddentreewhosemortaltasteBroughtdeathintotheWorld,andallourwoe,WithlossofEden,tillonegreaterManRestoreus,andregaintheblissfulseat,Sing,HeavenlyMuse,that,onthesecrettopOfOreb,orofSinai,didstinspireThatshepherdwhofirsttaughtth
6、echosenseedInthebeginninghowtheheavensandearthRoseoutofChaos:or,ifSionhillDelighttheemore,andSiloa'sbrookthatflowedFastbytheoracleofGod,IthenceInvokethyaidtomyadventuroussong,ThatwithnomiddleflightintendstosoarAboveth'Aonianmount,whileitpursuesThingsunattemptedyetinproseorrhyme.Andchiefl
7、ythou,OSpirit,thatdostpreferBeforealltemplesth'uprightheartandpure,Instructme,forthouknow'st;thoufromthefirstWastpresent,and,withmightywingsoutspread,Dove-likesat'stbroodingonthevastAbyss,Andmad'stitpregnant:whatinmeisdarkIllumine,whatislowraiseandsupport;That,totheheight
