{"product_id":"paradise-lost-john-milton-9780486442877","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"John Milton's great 17th-century epic draws upon Bible stories and classical mythology to explore the meaning of existence, as understood by people of the Western world. Its roots lie in the Genesis account of the world's creation and the first humans. Its focus is a poetic interpretation \"Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit \/ Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste \/ Brought death into the world, and all our woe \/ With loss of Eden.\" \u003cbr\u003e In sublime poetry of extraordinary beauty, Milton's poem references tales from Ovid's \u003ci\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/i\u003e, Homer's \u003ci\u003eIliad\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/i\u003e, and Virgil's \u003ci\u003eAeneid\u003c\/i\u003e. But one need not be a classical scholar to appreciate \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to its imaginative use of language, the poem features a powerful and sympathetic portrait of Lucifer, the rebel angel who frequently outshines his moral superiors. With Milton's deft use of irony, the devil makes evil appear good, just as satanic practices may seem attractive at first glance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e has exercised enormous influence on generations of artists and their works, ranging from the Romantic poets William Blake and Percy Bysshe Shelley to Joseph Haydn's oratorio \u003ci\u003eThe Creation\u003c\/i\u003e and J. R. R. Tolkien's \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Milton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 048644287X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486442877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"John Milton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049982849279,"sku":"9780486442877","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0d28194c-7dc4-4f18-9ca9-9a45d6160755.jpg?v=1685004516","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paradise-lost-john-milton-9780486442877","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}