Paradise Regained

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Paradise Regained is a 17th-century Christian epic poem by John Milton that focuses on Christ’s temptation in the wilderness as a counterpart to his earlier work, Paradise Lost.

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Paradise Regained canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian poem ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
author John Milton ⓘ
authorNationality English ⓘ
basedOn Gospel accounts of the Temptation of Christ ⓘ
centralConflict Christ versus Satan in the wilderness ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
firstPublishedWith Samson Agonistes ⓘ
follows Paradise Lost ⓘ
genre Christian epic poetry ⓘ
religious epic ⓘ
hasInfluenced English religious poetry ⓘ
influencedBy Paradise Lost ⓘ
The Bible ⓘ
linked to: Bible
isSequelTo Paradise Lost ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice biblical allusion ⓘ
extended dialogue ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryPeriod Restoration literature ⓘ
literaryTradition biblical epic ⓘ
mainCharacter Jesus Christ ⓘ
Satan ⓘ
linked to: the Devil
meter unrhymed iambic pentameter ⓘ
movement Puritan literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor concise structure compared to Paradise Lost ⓘ
focus on Christ’s temptation rather than his passion ⓘ
numberOfBooks 4 ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
originalPublicationCentury 17th century ⓘ
originalPublicationYear 1671 ⓘ
pairedWith Samson Agonistes ⓘ
philosophicalContext Christian theology ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
setting Judean wilderness ⓘ
linked to: Judean Desert
subject New Testament ⓘ
Temptation of Christ ⓘ
linked to: the Tempter
theme contrast between spiritual and worldly power ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
spiritual warfare ⓘ
temptation ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted ministry of Jesus ⓘ
tone austere ⓘ
meditative ⓘ
verseForm blank verse ⓘ

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John Milton → notableWork → Paradise Regained ⓘ
Samson Agonistes → publishedWith → Paradise Regained ⓘ
John Milton → notableWork → Paradise Regained ⓘ
subject linked to: Milton
John Milton → notableWork → Paradise Regained ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Elizabeth Minshull → spouseNotableWork → Paradise Regained ⓘ