文档介绍:John Milton
Truth pared...to a streaming fountain;
if her waters flow not in a perpetual progression,
they sicken into a muddy pool or conformity and tradition.
--- John Milton
Boyhood
a hard-working student, already a scholar
at twelve
2. Cambridge Years
condemned university as “to make you a more
finished fool”.
“the lady of the Christ’s”
3. Study, poetry and travel
six years of private study at Horton
early poems:
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity 基督诞生晨颂 1629
L’Allegro 快乐的人 1632 四音步tetrameter
IL’ Penseroso 幽思的人 1632 abbacdeec
Comus 科玛斯 1637
Lycidas 利西达斯 1638
Travel on the Continent (1638 – 1639)
John Milton
Ⅰ. Life and Work
5. His First Entry into Political Conflict
Of Reformation in England,
in which Milton urged the necessity
of thorough religious reform
6. Pamphlets on Marriage
1642, unhappy marriage with Mary Powell
pamphlets on marriage and divorce
7. Areopagitica
a declaration of people’s freedom of the
press in the form of a speech addressed to
the House of parliament
“Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.”
8. Milton’s Work as the Spokesman of the Revolution
Served as the Latin Secretary to the Council of Foreign Affairs
Milton used his pen in defence of the republican principles
represented by monwealth.
Defence of the English People: “Our king made out us, but we him”
Defence of the English People
9. His Last Pamphlet
On His Deceased Wife (1658)
The Ready and Easy Way to
Establish a monwealth
10. After the Restoration
escape from death due to blindness
Paradise Lost 1665
Paradise Regained 1671
Samson Agonistes 1674
1. An Introduction to Milton (questions)
1)During which special historical period did Milton live?
2)What big social events took place during Milton’s lifetime?
3)Say something about Milton’s life. What did he do before, during, and after the Revolution?
4)How