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必威体育精装版.课件 * John Milton 必威体育精装版.课件 * John Milton（1608～1674） a English poet a scholarly man of letters an official serving under Oliver Cromwell In his life, Milton shows himself a real revolutionary, a master poet and a great prose writer. 必威体育精装版.课件 * Family education Father ( John Milton ) a musical composer ; literature Private tutor His Life 必威体育精装版.课件 * good education: St. Paul’s School, then Cambridge and got master degree gave up being a clergyman to his father’s country house 6 years of private study and poetry writing His Life 必威体育精装版.课件 * His travel on the Continent 1638-1639 A tour to France and Italy The summer of 1639 Return 必威体育精装版.课件 * He met famed scholar Hugo Grotius in Paris, then to Italy. Milton arrived in Florence, where he met with Galileo（伽利略）.? In Rome, he was a guest of Cardinal , and visited the Vatican(梵蒂冈) Library. ? Milton‘s tour of Europe was cut short with rumors of impending（即将发生的） civil war in England, and he returned home in July 1639.  必威体育精装版.课件 * The Civil War was brewing — King Charles I invaded Scotland in 1639, and the Long Parliament was convened in 1640. ? Milton began writing pamphlets on political and religious matters; Such as Of Reformation 《论改革》, Animadversions 《批判》, and Of Prelatical Episcopacy 《论主教制》 His First Entry into Political Conflict 必威体育精装版.课件 * Married three times Had four children strain relationships Mary Powell Desertion Milton the Divorcer His Marriage 必威体育精装版.课件 * Commonwealth Restoration Secretary for Foreign Tongues Hiding, brief imprisonment Concerned with the social upheavals of the time, Milton defended the English Commonwealth 必威体育精装版.课件 * Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell died in October, 1658, and the days of the Commonwealth were coming to a close. In early 1659, Milton published A Treatise of Civil Power and Ready and Easy Way To Establish a Free Commonwealth. ? For his propaganda writings, Milton had to go into hiding, for fear of retribution from the followers of King Charles II. In