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1、Unit5ChoosetoBeAloneonPurposeObjective:1.Pre-readingActivity2.While-readingActivity3.Post-readingActivityLead-inActivityDiscussthefollowingquestions:1.Doyoualwaysenjoyisolation?Backgroundinformation1.HenryDavidThoreau(1817—1862)wasanUSthinker,essayist,andnaturalist.Thoreaugradua
2、tedfromHarvardUniversityandtaughtschoolforseveralyearsbeforeleavinghisjobtobecomeapoetofnature.Intheyears1845—1847,todemonstratehowsatisfyingasimplelifecouldbe,helivedinahutbesideConcord'sWaldenPond;essaysrecordinghisdailylifewereassembledforhismasterwork,Walden,orLifeintheWoods
3、(1854).HisAWeekontheConcordandMerrimackRivers(1849)wastheonlyotherbookhepublishedinhislifetime.InlateryearshisinterestinTranscendentalismwaned,andhebecameadedicatedabolitionist.HismanynaturewritingsandrecordsofhiswanderingsinCanada,Maine,andCapeCoddisplaythemindofakeennaturalist
4、.2.JohnMilton(1608—1674)wasanEnglishpoetandpamphleteer.MiltonattendedtheUniversityofCambridge(1625—1632),wherehewrotepoemsinLatin,Italian,andEnglish.In1632—1639heengagedinprivatestudyandtouredEurope,spendingmostofhistimeinItaly.Hisbest-knownproseisinthepamphletsAreopagitica(1644
5、)andOfEducation(1644).HealsowrotetractsondivorceandagainstthemonarchyandtheChurchofEngland.HisParadiseLost(1667,1674),consideredthegreatestepicpoeminEnglish,usesblankverseandreworksClassicalepicconventionstorecounttheFallofMan;Milton'scharacterizationofSatanhasbeenwidelyadmired.
6、ParadiseRegained(1671)isashorterepicinwhichChristovercomesSatanthetempter,andSamsonAgonistes(1671)isadramaticpoeminwhichtheOldTestamentfigureconquersself-pityanddespairtobecomeGod'schampion.ConsideredthegreatestEnglishpoetafterWilliamShakespeare,Miltonhadwideinfluenceonlaterlite
7、rature.3.WilliamWordsworth(1770—1850)wasanEnglishpoet.Wordsworth'scontributionsincludemanylyricscontroversialfortheircommon,everydaylanguage.Around1798hebeganwritinganautobiographicalpoemthatwouldabsorbhimintermittentlyforthenext40years,ThePrelude(1850).Hissecondversecollection,
8、Poems,inTwoVolumes(1807),includesmanyoftheresto
