Books with title PARADISE LOST

Paradise Lost Here is a classic that has survived the ages because of its incredible descriptions and its infallible truths. It should be a part of everyone's yearly scheduled reading. Paradise Lost by John Milton, was written "to justify the ways of God to men." And is considered by many to be "the greatest epic poem" of all time. Expanding on the Bible's version of Adam and Eve's fall from Paradise (the Garden of Eden), the author's dramatic interpretation of God, the fallen angel, and hell are vividly described in unequalled language. Beyond today's sound bite jargon, Paradise Lost is written with a style and rhythm that lulls the reader into another realm—the world of classic literature. Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat... This timeless, well-known masterpiece deserves to be read and re-read as it prompts and presents questions about the role of satan and God...from the beginning.

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This CliffsNotes study guide on John Milton’s Paradise Lost supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read Paradise Lost. Reading a literary work doesn’t mean that you immediately grasp the major themes and devices used by the author; this study guide will help supplement you reading to be sure you get all you can from Milton’s Paradise Lost. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more. For further information on John Milton and Paradise Lost, check out the CliffsNotes Resource Center at www.cliffsnotes.com. IN THIS AUDIOBOOK • Learn about the Life and Background of John Milton • Hear an Introduction to Paradise Lost • Explore themes, character development, and recurring images in the Critical Commentaries • Learn new words from the Glossary at the end of each Chapter • Examine in-depth Character Analyses • Acquire an understanding of Paradise Lost with Critical Essays • Reinforce what you learn to further your study online at www.cliffsnotes.com

In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties – blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration and briefly in danger of execution – Paradise Lost’s apparent ambivalence towards authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to ‘justify the ways of God to men’, or exposes the cruelty of Christianity.

The poem is separated into twelve "books" or sections, the lengths of which vary greatly (the longest is Book IX, with 1,189 lines, and the shortest Book VII, with 640). The Arguments at the head of each book were added in subsequent imprints of the first edition. Originally published in ten books, a fully "Revised and Augmented" edition reorganized into twelve books was issued in 1674, and this is the edition generally used today. The poem follows the epic tradition of starting in medias res (Latin for in the midst of things), the background story being recounted later. Milton's story has two narrative arcs, one about Satan (Lucifer) and the other following Adam and Eve. It begins after Satan and the other rebel angels have been defeated and banished to Hell, or, as it is also called in the poem, Tartarus. In Pandæmonium, Satan employs his rhetorical skill to organise his followers; he is aided by Mammon and Beelzebub. Belial and Moloch are also present. At the end of the debate, Satan volunteers to poison the newly created Earth and God's new and most favoured creation, Mankind. He braves the dangers of the Abyss alone in a manner reminiscent of Odysseus or Aeneas. After an arduous traversal of the Chaos outside Hell, he enters God's new material World, and later the Garden of Eden.

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Paradise Lost is a tale of good and evil on the grandest scale - the struggle between God and the Devil for the soul of humankind. Beginning with Satan's fall from heaven, the poem then follows Adam and Eve's temptation and ultimate expulsion from the Garden of Eden. John Milton wrote Paradise Lost to "justify the ways of God to men", particularly the concept of free will. To many, it is most notable for its lively anti-hero, Satan, who despite Milton's piety comes off as an almost romantic character. One of the most famous poems in the English language, Paradise Lost is a must-read for all those who are interested in our literary heritage, as well as lovers of good poetry.

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Paradise Lost – One of the Most Distinguished English Epic Poems of All Time The Protestant faith had already gained significant momentum in Europe at the time when John Milton dictated this remarkably long and intricate poem from memory for his daughter to transcribe. Today, the historic, cultural and literary value of Paradise Lost is quite remarkable, and it is seen as one of the most powerful and renowned English epic poems in existence.The poem starts like many epic poems before its time, with Milton beginning to tell the story of Satan, Adam and Eve, then building up on the background story in gradual steps. One of the unique elements of the story lines is Milton's detailed portrayal of Satan, his betrayal and the great battle between angels and demons that took place for the entirety of Heaven.Another – parallel - story line is that of Adam and Eve. Milton adds to the events in Genesis by showing how Adam willingly accepted the choice of eating from the forbidden fruit, when he could have left Eve to fall into sin by herself. In a way, Adam is depicted as a complex character here, with different perspectives showing him both as a heroic figure and as committing a much more serious sin than Eve.The visions of the future that Adam is given by the Archangel Michael reflect both on the fall and potential for redemption of humanity, a dual representation of life that Milton emphasized on, presenting the choice that each of us have to make not only as citizens of humanity, but as individual souls.This epic, eventful and extremely complex poem is geared to push the boundaries of the accepted religious thought in that time period and represented an attempt by Milton to justify and explain the acts of God for regular individuals. The work still remains one of the best written and most expansive epic tales of that era.

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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). 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. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.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".