EN 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Agon, Anagnorisis, Georgics
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Chapter 9 is a difficult read, but combines both elements of poetry and theatre. Milton has had a great influence on modern society. He is credited with writing one of the earlier works against pre-publication censorship, influenced the founding fathers of america because of his. Republican politics, pop culture because of his sympathetic portrayals of satan as a hero instead of a villain. His quotes are immortalized; they are found in many libraries. Milton thinks books are living creatures that require our respect and that prepublication censorship is like the abortion of books. One of his earlier works is a masque (brief courtly play) called comus; based on this production are children"s books, films, plays, songs, bands, poem and comics. Milton followed a career path set out by the latin poet virgil, who in his career began by pastoral poems, georgics (allegory for political affairs), and epics. This is known as the virgilian cycle, which spencer also followed.
