Other metaphysical poets
• George Herbert (1593-1633)
– “the saint of the metaphysical school” – 极为虔诚的国教牧师,其诗常有牵强的奇喻,晦涩难懂。 有时采取具象诗的形式表现其虔诚。 – “The Easter Wing” (具象诗)
• Later Life
• Areopagitica《论出版自由》(1644) • Defence of the English People (《为英国 人民辩护》,1651), • Second Defence of the English People (《为英国人民再辩护》,1654).
– After the restoration, in blindness he completed three great epics with the help of his daughter and some other young men. – Paradise Lost《失乐园》; Paradise Regained 《复乐园》; and Samson Agonistes《力士参孙》
• 3. Drama
– Restoration Drama – John Dryden (1631-1700)
1.3 John Milton (1608-1674)
• Life and literary career
– Early Life(1608-1640)
• Education at Cambridge • His first work: an ode On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity(《基 督诞生晨颂》,1629) • Horton: L’Allegro (《快乐的人》, 1632), Il Penseroso (《沉思的人》, 1632), Lycidas (《利西达斯》, 1638), Comus (《科玛斯》,1634). • 2 years’ travel in the Continent, returned in 1939