{"product_id":"9780140424393-paradise-lost","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence. In this title, the author produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable gallery of grotesques.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An endless moral maze, introducing literature's first Romantic, Satan' John Carey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn his epic poem \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e Milton conjured up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the centre of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties - blind, bitter and briefly in danger of execution - \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e's apparent ambivalence has led to intense debate about whether it manages to 'justify the ways of God to men' or exposes the cruelty of authority.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited with an introduction and notes by JOHN LEONARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56592340713846,"sku":"9780140424393","price":10.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_33027238.jpg?v=1762260046","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140424393-paradise-lost","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}