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Há 5 dias · John Milton (1608–74) is considered the most significant English writer after William Shakespeare. His epic Paradise Lost, classical tragedy Samson Agonistes, and pastoral elegy Lycidas are widely regarded as the greatest poems of their kind in English. He is also known for such prose works as Areopagitica—a fierce defense of ...
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John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval.
Background and education. John Milton was born on December 9, 1608, in London, England. The future poet's father, John Milton, Sr., was a scrivener (a person who draws up deeds and wills). About 1600 he married Sara Jeffrey, the wealthy daughter of a merchant-tailor. Three of their children survived infancy: Anne, John, and Christopher.
2 de abr. de 2014 · John Milton is best known for Paradise Lost, ... Poetry, Politics, and Personal Life . After Cambridge, Milton spent six years living with his family in Buckinghamshire and studying independently.
Biografia. Início de vida. Estudo, poesia e viagens. Guerra civil, tratos em prosa e casamento. Secretário de Línguas Estrangeiras. A Restauração. Família. Poesia. Visões. Filosofia. Pensamento político. Teologia. Tolerância religiosa. Divórcio. História. Legado e influência. Recepção da poesia. Teoria romântica. Legado posterior. Legado literário.
Milton married Katherine Woodcock in 1656. This marriage was far more successful than Milton's previous, but, like his first wife, Woodcock died from complications experienced while giving birth. By this time, Milton had fully succumbed to blindness and had to raise his three daughters.
2 de set. de 2019 · Amanda Prahl. Updated on September 02, 2019. John Milton (December 9, 1608 – November 8, 1674) was an English poet and intellectual who wrote during a period of political and religious turmoil. He’s best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, which depicts the fall of Lucifer and the temptation of mankind. Fast Facts: John Milton.
