FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN MILTON
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Cavalier poets
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Metaphysical poets
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None of them
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Puritan
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Detailed explanation-1: -1625-1660 this period is known as the Age of Milton or the Puritan Age, because during the period, Puritan standards prevailed in England, and also because the greatest literary figure John Milton was a Puritan. The puritan’s struggled for righteousness and liberty.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Milton, the last great poet of the English Renaissance, laid down in his work the foundations for the emerging aesthetic of the post-Renaissance period.
Detailed explanation-3: -He differed in important ways from the Calvinism with which he is associated, particularly concerning the doctrines of grace and predestination. The unusual nature of his own Protestant Christianity has been characterized as both Puritan and Independent.
Detailed explanation-4: -John Milton’s career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654-1660); and the Restoration.
Detailed explanation-5: -The age of Milton is an era of extreme religious and political polarization, revolving around reforms in the English Church commonly known as Puritanism. It is a disturbing epoch questioning Christianity as a moral order, having serious political implications.