From the Historical Dackground to Analyze John Milton and Paradise Lost

  • Yu Dong Wenzhou Business School
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18282/l-e.v10i2.2257
Keywords: John Milton, Paradise Lost, L’allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas, Second Civil War, Old Testament, New Testament

Abstract

As a literary giant, John Milton is be known to all for his epic paradise lost. This essay is aimed to illustrate the backdrop of his sufferings and inner feelings about writing this great poem. In that case, readers can get further understanding about this epic and its writer.

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Published
2021-09-16
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2021)

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