ENGL 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Epic Poetry, English Civil War, Tyrant
7 Apr 2015
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Jan 7, 2015: class spans one civil war (english) to another (american??, milton"s life. He was the son of a scrivener, not aristocratic, but a very good student. As milton"s early career was unfolding = english civil war. 1640-60 = a complete transformation in england"s governance (charles i is executed. Milton is a part of the protectorate, worked for. Cromwell, wrote pieces attacking monarchy, the church, all stuart and tudor institutions. ) Later prose writings = milton slowly rethinks his earlier thoughts. Pl a product of early 17th c. society. Pl sig for historical reasons, doesn"t give an account of revolutions, but is a historical document. Deals with political problems into early phases of capitalism. This is the moment when the early phases of imperialism are started. Migrations of english people, north america is settled. These things that are happening around london have repercussions around the world.
