Signet Classics Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, (Paperback)

from 06nwingert

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in the same tradition of Homer, Virgil, Dante and Shakespeare. Milton, like many of his time, wrote about (or against) religion, thus incurring the wrath of the church. It doesn't matter, though, for Milton's account of the fall of man is far better than Gensis. Alth...

from atimco

John Milton's Paradise Lost is a monumental poem that crystallizes the basic Christian doctrines of Creation, Satan's rebellion, humanity's Fall, and the prophesied Savior who would redeem His people - and does it all with a gripping story told in powerful language. Because of its immense scope a...

from MissWoodhouse1816

 Truly inspiring. If you told me 10 years ago that I would love teaching these poems, I'd have laughed in your face. But Milton has a beautiful way of taking a few, sparse Bible verses and turning them into a human narrative that you can understand and relate to. Book Three of Paradise Lost is, i...

from NadineC.Keels

Thou Spirit who ledd'st this glorious Eremite Into the Desert... inspire, As thou art wont, my prompted Song else mute... to tell of deeds Above Heroic, though in secret done... The Tempter who once deceived humankind in the Garden of Eden is back, generations later, to tempt the Son of God in th...

from MissWoodhouse1816

 Truly inspiring. If you told me 10 years ago that I would love teaching these poems, I'd have laughed in your face. But Milton has a beautiful way of taking a few, sparse Bible verses and turning them into a human narrative that you can understand and relate to. Book Three of Paradise Lost is, i...