"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve - the temptation and fall - is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty. A staggering and audacious undertaking - seeking, in Milton's words, to "justify the ways of God to men" - Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary Shelley to William Wordsworth, and is widely considered to be the greatest poem ever written in the English language.
Paradise Lost
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Author: Milton, John
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781731702555
Details:
Author: Milton, John
Brand: Simon & Brown
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 492
Release Date: 31-10-2018
Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.7 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781731702555
