Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost is a 17th-century epic poem by John Milton that retells the biblical story of the Fall of Man, exploring themes of free will, obedience, and the nature of good and evil.

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instanceOf epic poem ⓘ
author John Milton ⓘ
basedOn Book of Genesis ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
featuresCharacter Adam ⓘ
Beelzebub ⓘ
Eve ⓘ
God the Father ⓘ
linked to: the Father

God the Son ⓘ
linked to: Jesus Christ

Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil

the Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

the archangel Michael ⓘ
linked to: Saint Michael

the archangel Raphael ⓘ
linked to: Raphael (archangel)
firstPublicationDate 1667 ⓘ
genre Christian epic ⓘ
religious epic ⓘ
hasInfluenced English literature ⓘ
Romantic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism

modern interpretations of Satan ⓘ
influencedBy Homer’s Iliad ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Iliad

Homer’s Odyssey ⓘ
linked to: Homer's Odyssey

Virgil’s Aeneid ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid

classical epics ⓘ
the Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
invokes Heavenly Muse ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Renaissance literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod 17th century ⓘ
mainTheme divine justice ⓘ
free will ⓘ
good and evil ⓘ
obedience and disobedience ⓘ
predestination and foreknowledge ⓘ
the Fall of Man ⓘ
linked to: The Fall of Man
meter blank verse ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person omniscient ⓘ
notableFeature complex syntax ⓘ
elevated style ⓘ
use of extended similes ⓘ
numberOfBooksOriginalEdition 10 ⓘ
numberOfBooksRevisedEdition 12 ⓘ
openingLines Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit ⓘ
linked to: The Fall of Man
revisedEditionPublicationDate 1674 ⓘ
setting Chaos ⓘ
Heaven ⓘ
Hell ⓘ
the Garden of Eden ⓘ
linked to: Garden of Eden
subjectMatter the creation of the world ⓘ
the expulsion from Eden ⓘ
the rebellion of Satan ⓘ
linked to: Rebellion of Iblis

the temptation of Eve ⓘ
linked to: The Fall of Man

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John Milton → notableWork → Paradise Lost ⓘ
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In Dubious Battle → titleOrigin → John Milton’s Paradise Lost ⓘ
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Igor Markevitch → notableWork → Le paradis perdu ⓘ
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Expulsion from the Garden of Eden → artisticTheme → paradise lost ⓘ
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Paradise Regained → follows → Paradise Lost ⓘ
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Paradise Regained → influencedBy → Paradise Lost ⓘ
John Milton → notableWork → Paradise Lost ⓘ
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Heavenly Muse → invokedIn → Paradise Lost Book 7 ⓘ
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Hob. XXI:2 → basedOn → John Milton's Paradise Lost ⓘ
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The Vision of Columbus → inspiration → John Milton's Paradise Lost ⓘ
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