Paradise lost : and, Paradise regained [LP] (Kennebec Large Print perennial favorites collection)
by Milton, John, 1608-1674 (Author)
Summary
Paradise Lost is Milton's 1667 epic poem about the Creation and the Fall. In 1671, John Milton published Paradise Regained, telling of Jesus' triumphant resistance to Satan's temptation, regaining the Paradise lost by Adam and Eve. Full description
Summary: |
Paradise Lost is Milton's 1667 epic poem about the Creation and the Fall. In 1671, John Milton published Paradise Regained, telling of Jesus' triumphant resistance to Satan's temptation, regaining the Paradise lost by Adam and Eve. |
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Physical Description: |
537 pages (large print) ; 24 cm. |
Audience: |
Grade 10-12. |
ISBN: |
9781410435842 1410435849 |
Author Notes: |
Milton also had a reputation as a radical. After his own wife left him early in their marriage, Milton published an unpopular treatise supporting divorce in the case of incompatibility. Milton was also a vocal supporter of Oliver Cromwell and worked for him. Milton's first work, Lycidas, an elegy on the death of a classmate, was published in 1632, and he had numerous works published in the ensuing years, including Pastoral and Areopagitica. His Christian epic poem, Paradise Lost, which traced humanity's fall from divine grace, appeared in 1667, assuring his place as one of the finest non-dramatic poet of the Renaissance Age. Milton went blind at the age of 43 from the incredible strain he placed on his eyes. Amazingly, Paradise Lost and his other major works, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes, were composed after the lost of his sight. These major works were painstakingly and slowly dictated to secretaries. John Milton died in 1674. (Bowker Author Biography) |