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JohnMilton

(1608-1674);AnEnglishpoet,polemicistandscholarymanofletters.

AcivilservantforthecommonwealthofEnglandunderOliverCromwell.

Bestknownforhisepicpoem–ParadiseLost;1608-BornonBreadStreetinCheapside,London,England.

1625-AttendedChrist’scollege,Cambridge.

1629-GraduatedwithaBA.

1632-Obtainedhismasterofartsdegree.

1632-Brokeintothepublicliteraryscene.

1635-TheMiltonsmovedtoHorton,BackinghamshirewherehepursuedhisstudiesinGreek,Latin,andItalian,devotingmuchtimetotheChurchFathers.;1637-7monthsafterhismothersdeath,hewrotethepastoralworkLycidas.

1638-BeganhisEuropeanjourney,visitedItalyandmetGalileo.

1639-ReturnedtoEnglandandbegantothinkaboutwritinganArthurianepic.

1642-Attheageof34,marriedMaryPowell,age17.

1645-Reconciled,anddaughterAnnewasbornayearlater.

;1649-workedasasecretaryforthegovernment

1652-becametotallyblindduetooverwork.

1656-remarried,thehappiesttimeinhislife.

1663-gotathirdwife

1667-MiltonfinallyconcludedanagreementwithapublisherfortheprintingofParadiseLost.

1674-Onthedaybeforehis66thbirthday,November8,Miltondied

;ParadiseLost[失乐园]----1667

ParadiseRegained[复乐园]----1671

力士参孙----1671;ParadiseLost[失乐园]

;AdamandEve

;Themindcanmakeaheavenoutofhellorahelloutofheaven.

思想能够把天堂变成地狱，也能够把地狱变整天堂。;Thechildhoodshowsthe

man,asmorningshows

theday.

从小能看大，

就像清晨看白天。;Milton’sStyle;Themostlearnedpoet;

Thegreatestwriterofthe17thcentury;

Oneofthegiants(巨人)ofEnglishliterature

GreatlyinfluencedbytwohistoricalmovementsofRenaissance(文艺复兴)andReformation(宗教改革).

LikeSpenserandShakespeare,hewasalsooneoftheRenaissancegiantsnotonlyinEnglandbutalsointhewholeworld.

AlmostalllaterpoetsinEnglishlitera