Poetry
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
Description
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consisted of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men".
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Author Biography
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, man of letters, and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), written in blank verse.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Example Books
- Publication Date July 1904
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780123456678
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 7.99 GBP
- Pages100
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year1667
- Dimensions17.5x26 cm
