Modernism rose out of skepticism and disillusion of capitalism. The First World War destroyed people's faith in the Victorian values; and the rise of the irrational philosophy and new science incited writers to make new explorations on human natures and human relationships.展开全文 原微博
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Among the three, the first is the greatest, indeed the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf; and the last one is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.展开全文 原微博
In his early works, Milton appears as the inheritor of all that was best in Elizabethan literature. Lycidas (1637) is a typical example, composed for a collection of elegies dedicated to Edward King,展开全文 原微博
