JOHN MILTON BIOGRAPHY AND IMPORTANT WORK

JOHN MILTON :

             Born- London, England in 1608

             Death- Bunhill Row in 1674

             John Milton is a puritan and supported in Civil War. 

             He has written number of pamphlets. His works are divided into three periods:

                            1. College Period

                            2. Horton Period

                            3. Late Poetic Period         

             Writing Style: Grand style and used Petrarchan Sonnet, Blank Verse in his famous work Paradise Lost.

             

   College Period:

                  He has written four minor poems- L'Allegro , Il penseroso, Comus and Lycidas.

    Late Poetic Period:

                   He has written famous works called Paradise Lost (1673), Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes.  

     Prose Writing:

                   Best work  'Areopagitica' about freedom of speech and thought. This work talked for the freedom of Press during 17th Century.      

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