John Milton Publishes Paradise Lost
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Enlightenment
- Curriculum: British History, 17th Century European History
- Geographical Location: England
- Date: 1667
Article abstract: John Milton publishes Paradise Lost, justifying the ways of God to man in an epic poem that is adopted by later poets and readers as a key text in the struggle for human liberty.
Summary of Event
Milton’s epic poem was first published in ten books in 1667 and in twelve books in a second edition (1674). The poem’s composition may have begun as early as the 1650’s and was based on an outline conceived sometime near 1640. Milton initially conceived of his work as a sacred drama modeled on Greek classical tragedy, and his final...
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