ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Alma, or the Progress of the Mind. Alma, or the Progress of the Mind, a philosophic comedy in verse, written by the late Restoration British poet and diplomat Matthew Prior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Milton wrote poetry and prose between 1632 and 1674, and is most famous for his epic poetry. Special Collections and Archives holds a variety of Milton’s major works, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, L’Allegro, and Il Penseroso. Paradise Lost is one of the most recognized works in English literature.

Detailed explanation-3: -The best well-known work of John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost. A Poem in Ten Books, was first published in London in 1667.

Detailed explanation-4: -Brief Notes, a reply to a royalist sermon preached in the last weeks before the Restoration, was Milton’s last publication for some years. His political career was over, and his life was now in danger.

Detailed explanation-5: -His first published poem was “On Shakespeare” (1630), anonymously included in the Second Folio edition of William Shakespeare’s plays in 1632. An annotated copy of the First Folio has been suggested to contain marginal notes by Milton.