Milton

John Milton 1608 1674 is best known as the author of the great epic Paradise Lost and of numerous sonnets and other works, from Comus and Lycidas to Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes Of all the major English poets, John Milton was by far the most deeply involved in the political and religious controversies of his time, writing a series of pamphlets on free speech, divorce and religious, political and social rights that forced a complete rethinking of the nature and practice not only of government, but of human freedom itself Not only did he write write, but but he was also actively engaged with the business of government, working as Cromwell s international secretary for all his dealings with Europe and the wider world Milton s personal life was just as rich and complex as his professional one, and deserves an honest re assessment For centuries, he has emerged from biographies either as a woman hating domestic tyrant or as a saintly figure removed from the messy business of personal affections Neither tyrant nor saint, he was a man who had intense and often troubled relationships with both men and women throughout his life His ideals such as chaste love between men or intellectual companionship between men and women invariably proved unlivable But he emerges from Anna Beer s ground breaking biography for the first time as a fully rounded human being. New Download [ Milton ] by [ Anna Beer ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr One of the better written biographies I ve read very conversational.A lack of private letters, or journals telling of Milton s emotions at the most crucial moments of his life, with all the tragedy s that accompanied it, must have made understanding the man very difficult So the biography has to a large extent been confined to the public life and works, limiting much of what Anna Beer can add to the current understanding.The main contribution of this biography however is to wonderfully describe the dangers of printing controversial material, and the importance A lack of private letters, or journals telling of Milton s emotions at the most crucial moments of his life, with all the tragedy s that accompanied it, must have made understanding the man very difficult So the biography has to a large extent be...This book is very good at what it does, but that is not what one expects from it By all appearances a biography, it turns out to be a literary analysis of Milton s body of work, with scanty biographical matter scattered throughout I think this was dueto a paucity of available information than any shortcoming on Beer s part, but it was still unexpected and jarring It s fairly undistinguished in all other respects, and should be considered supplemental to the works themselves, since the i This book is very good at what it does, but that is not what one expects from it By all appearances a biography, it turns out to be a literary analysis of Milton s body o...More a biography of Milton s work and a literary analysis Admittedly sources are lacking for the kind of biography which makes the author come alive Milton as a person stubbornly refuses to come alive and the occasional glimpses of the man only strike me as a very unlikable fellow Heresy no doubtThis is a readable and engaging biography My main disappointment is that Beer s central aim was to suggest Milton was not quite as misogynistic as he has appeared I found her constant careful discussion of different views on this question a bit tedious.Milton s life spanned an incredible period of British History Unlike the relative stability of Elizabethan England when his father improved the family financial and social station, Milton faced a chain of instability James Charles I Civil War the Cromwell regime in its various phases and demise Charles II further turmoil.In thehalcyon days, Milton s writing on divorce brought him notoriety It became evennegative political capital as events took their course Milton conti Milton s life spanned an incredible period of British History Unlike the relative stability of Elizabethan England when his father improved the family financial and social station, Milton faced a chain of instability James Charles I Civil War the Cromwell regime in its var...I m biased because I adore John Milton s poetry so much but this was a fantastic and very absorbing account of his life that managed to tackle the political turbulence of the times with real authority Anna Beer manages to sweep aside the one dimensional preconception of Milton the hardline religious zealot and revealof the man himself a courageous, dedicated and intellectual powerhouse that refused to swim wit...Easy reading history of life and times of Paradise Lost author John Milton I read it for Uni literary studies and was captured, almost enraptured.Anna Beer leads a good narrative discussion I was interested because I am writing an historical novel about this time and Milton is one of my I mean character s love interests It may be 350 years ago but one can easily draw parallels to the type of creative political animals who work around government today That s why I was keen to learn of Easy reading history of life and times of Paradise Lost author John Milton I read it for Uni literary studies and was captured, almost enraptured.Anna Beer leads a good narrative discussion I was interested because I am writing an historical novel about this time and Milton is one of my I mean character s love interests ...Wonderful history about London and the European religious wars Milton left no personal papers apparently so not much info on anything but his literature The lack of a personal life made this less interesting for me although I did finaly read Paradise Lost Really drags toward ...Anna Beer crafted an engaging biography Fleshing out the contexts of Milton s work brings it to life Her focus on gender and masculinity, politics and religion, government and family make for a fascinating read Her prose is pleasurable too Overall, a great biography.

• English
• 10 May 2017
Anna Beer
• Hardcover
• 458 pages
• 0747584257
• Anna Beer
• Milton