Find the chronological sequence of John Milton’s publications:
A) “Paradise Lost”
B) “Lycidas”
C) “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity”
D) “On Shakespeare”
E) “Paradise Regained”
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Correct Answer :
C, D, B, A, E
Solution :
The correct option is C, D, B, A, E.
To find the correct chronological sequence of John Milton’s publications, we can look at the publication or composition dates of each work:
1. C) “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity”: Composed in December 1629 and published in his Poems of 1645.
2. D) “On Shakespeare”: Written in 1630 and first published anonymously in the Second Folio of Shakespeare's plays in 1632.
3. B) “Lycidas”: Written in 1637 and first published in 1638 in a collection of elegies dedicated to Edward King.
4. A) “Paradise Lost”: First published in ten books in 1667 (and later in twelve books in 1674).
5. E) “Paradise Regained”: Published in 1671 alongside the closet drama Samson Agonistes.
Arranging these works in chronological order of their publication/composition yields the sequence: C, D, B, A, E.
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