ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was Paradise Regained published?
A
1671
B
1656
C
1669
D
1652
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Milton wrote a companion piece, Paradise Regained, in 1671, which dramatizes the temptation of Christ.

Detailed explanation-2: -Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Milton’s Paradise Lost. John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost was first published in 1667. This copy was printed in 1668, with an adapted title page. In this ‘advent’rous’ poem (1.13), Milton announces his ambition to ‘justify the ways of God to men’ (1.26).

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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