INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

By :

• Anita Agustin

•Dzikria Pranawengrum

•Riyanti Octaviani N

John Milton and

His Time

Biography of John Milton

• Born

December 9, 1608Bread Street, Cheapside

JOHN MILTON, 1620 (Aged 12)

St. Paul's School

Love Music and studied

literature Christ's College,

Cambridge (1625)

JOHN MILTON, 1629 (Aged 21)

1. “On Shakespeare” (1632)

2. “Comus”(1637)

3. “Lycidas”(1638)4. “Of reformation “

and “Animadversions”

And“ Of Prelatical Episcopacy”

(1642)

earned his M.A.

of Cambridge (1632)

married Mary Powell(1624)

1. “Divorce Tracts”

2. "Doctrine and Discipline of

Divorce”(1643)

3. "The Judgement of Martin Bucer

Concerning Divorce”(1644)

JOHN MILTON, 1656 (Aged 48)

Milton had a lot to lose (1652)

...a year of sadness...

JOHN MILTON, 1670 (Aged 62)

Milton died in 1674 and was buried in the Church of St Giles, Cripplegate.

his work entitled "Paradise Lost“

(1667)

John Milton and Paradise Lost excerpt (Book I )

What though the field be lost? All is not lost—the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome. That glory never shall his wrath or might

Extort from me.

Milton’s Influence

Art, Literature, and Media influenced or inspired by Paradise Lost1

William Blake:The Downfall of the Rebel Angels

Illustrations And Other Artwork

Gustave Dore

Plate 1:"Him the Almighty PowerHurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky"(I. 44, 45)

Plate 2:"Forthwith upright he rears from off the poolHis mighty stature"(I. 221, 222)

Plate 3:"They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung"(I. 331)

Edward Burney

John Medina

John Martin

Sympathy for the DevilThe Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet

Please allow me to introduce myselfI'm a man of wealth and tasteI've been around for a long, long yearStole many a man's soul and faithAnd I was 'round when Jesus ChristHad his moment of doubt and painMade damn sure that PilateWashed his hands and sealed his fatePleased to meet youHope you guess my name

400th Anniversary of Milton’s Birth

1608-2008

Thank You