Bibliograph

Paradise lost, an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism

Type

Label

Paradise lost, an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Paradise lost

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, criticism

Summary

Following both the adventures of Satan and the lives of Adam and Eve, this telling of key biblical stories is split into multiple books to form an epic poem. Beginning with Satan's promise to corrupt God's Earth, Milton tells the tale of how Satan entered the Garden of Eden and filled Adam and Eve's angelic existence with sin. Written in blank verse, this seventeenth-century English poem solidified Milton's reputation as one of the greatest poets of his time

Target audience

adult

Classification