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1、JohnMiltonLifeThegreatestpoetandpamphleteerduringthebourgeoisrevolutioninthemid-17thcenturyaswellasthegreatestauthorofPuritanism.MajorWorksTextualStudyParadiseLostThePlotoftheEpicThethemeoftheEpicTheimageofSatanOnHisBlindnessTheGeneralIdeaoftheSonnetLifebeforethePuritanRevo
2、lutionBornin1608,begantolovebookswhenyoung,wrotegoodversesatscarcelymorethan10;WenttoSt.Paul’sat12,andCambridgeat15,proudandindependentinwaysofthinking;master’sdegreein1632,thenretiredtohisfather’scountryhouse.Poemswrittenb4leavingCambridge:L’allegrodescribinghappiness;IlPe
3、nserosodescribingmeditation;Lycidasanelegypraisingadearfriend;andComusinpraiseofmaidenlychastity.TraveledontheEuropeanContinentin1538andreturnedthenextyearatthenewsthattroublehadsprungupinEnglandbetweenthekingandthepeople,andthatwarmightcomeofit.LifeduringthePuritanRevoluti
4、onMarriedMaryPowellin1642,butunhappy,pamphletsonmarriage;Wroteandpublishedhisbest-knownprosework,Areopagitica,appealingforthefreedomofthepress;AsthespokesmanoftheRevolution;printedDefenceoftheEnglishPeople;assertingthesovereigntyofthepeopleoverthedivinerightofkings;Becameto
5、tallyblindatthebeginningof1652;LifeaftertheRevolutionWasmarkedoutforpersecutionwiththeRestorationofCharlesII,butescapedfromdeathtohisblindness;Dictatedhisepic,ParadiseLost,finishedin1665;PublishedParadiseRegainedin1671;EndedhiswritinglifewiththepublicationofSamsonAgonistes;
6、力士参孙Diedin1674.ParadiseLost:anOverviewMilton’smasterpiece,andthegreatestEnglishepic.Itisalongepicin12books,doneinblankverse.ThestoriesweretakenfromTheOldTestament:thecreation;therebellioninHeavenofSatanandhisfellow-angels;theirdefeatandexpulsionfromHeaven;thecreationoftheea
7、rthandofAdamandEveEve;thefallenangelsinhellplottingagainstGod;Satan’stemptationofEve;andthedepartureofAdamandEvefromEden.ParadiseLost:theStoryLedbythefreedom-lovingSatan,therebelliousangelsriseagainstGodhimself,butinthebattlewiththehostsofangelsthatremaintruetoGodtheyarefin
8、allydefeated.SatanandhisfollowersarebanishedfromHeavenanddrivenintohell.Buttheream
