{"title":"John Milton","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"paradise-lost","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1667 and revised into its familiar twelve-book form in 1674, John Milton’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the great achievements of English epic poetry. Drawing on the biblical account of the Fall, Milton recounts the rebellion of Satan and his fellow angels, the creation of Adam and Eve, and the temptation that brings about humanity’s expulsion from Eden. Yet this is no simple retelling of scripture: through its grand speeches, shifting perspectives and immense imaginative scope, the poem explores ambition, obedience, freedom, pride and the consequences of choosing one’s own will over divine authority.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in blank verse of extraordinary power, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e draws on classical epic, Renaissance humanism and Milton’s profound engagement with theology and political liberty. Satan’s defiance, in particular, has made the poem an enduring source of debate, with its fallen angel often read as a figure of both heroic resistance and destructive self-deception. Monumental in scale yet intimate in its portrayal of love, vulnerability and loss, Milton’s poem continues to shape how readers imagine the origins of evil and the meaning of human freedom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The mind is its own place, and in itself \/ Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— John Milton, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Paradise Lost is a poem which, in its own right, can be read as a great work of literature.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— C. S. Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64072984363338,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1028\/0389\/8698\/files\/paradise-lost-john-milton-english-bookstore-paris.png?v=1792945597"}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/collections\/john-milton.oembed","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}