Bøker av John Milton

"e;Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?"e; John Milton, Paradise Lost Paradise Lost (1674) by John Milton renders the biblical story of the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan, and the fall of man thereby, causing their expulsion from the garden of Eden. Regarded the first epic in the English language, this work gives insights into the thoughts of its characters, primarily Satan.

Milton composed Paradise Regained at his cottage in Chalfont St Giles in Buckinghamshire. Paradise Regained is four books long and comprises 2,065 lines; in contrast, Paradise Lost is twelve books long and comprises 10,565 lines. As such, Barbara K. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic".

In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man, which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence, victory and defeat, hope and despair. This is without a doubt the greatest epic poem ever written in the English language.

Collected in one omnibus edition here are the five most important poetic works on Heaven and Hell ever written.In Paradise Lost Milton tells the story of the fall of man, which encompasses a battle that rages across Heaven between God and Satan. Here are passion and innocence, victory and defeat, hope and despair. This is without a doubt the greatest epic poem ever written in the English language. Paradise Regained is often thought of as the companion to Milton's Epic Paradise Lost.