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Paradise Lost


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Epic poem by John Milton (1667) concerning mankind's disobedience and consequent expulsion from Paradise through Satan's agency. It has become the blind poet's best‐known work through its panoramic vistas and mastery of language.

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Paradise Lost
in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) Length: 1311 words
Paradise Lost
in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3) Length: 881 words
Paradise Lost
in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev) Length: 35 words
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in The Oxford Companion to British History (1 rev) Length: 104 words

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John Milton (1608—1674) poet and polemicist

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