ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. This copy was printed in 1668, with an adapted title page.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise Lost, epic poem in blank verse, one of the late works by John Milton, originally issued in 10 books in 1667 and, with Books 7 and 10 each split into two parts, published in 12 books in the second edition of 1674.

Detailed explanation-3: -Paradise Lost is an attempt to make sense of a fallen world: to “justify the ways of God to men”, and no doubt to Milton himself.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was in this climate that Milton began writing “Paradise Lost.” The poem’s cast of characters-Adam, Eve, Satan, God, and the Son of God (not the same thing, for Milton, as God)-says something about Milton’s ripening literary ambition and about his dwindling faith in political resolutions.