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Paradise Lost

American  

noun

  1. an epic poem (1667) by John Milton.


Paradise Lost Cultural  
  1. (1667) An epic by John Milton. Its subject is the Fall of Man; it also tells the stories of the rebellion and punishment of Satan and the creation of Adam and Eve. Milton declares that his aim in the poem is “to justify the ways of God to men.”


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Its Milton inspiration first comes in the title, which recalls a line from "Paradise Lost" including, in part, "Should intermittent vengeance arm again / His red right hand to plague us?"

From Salon May 18, 2023

Other TV projects include "Waller," with Viola Davis reprising her "Suicide Squad" role as Amanda Waller, and "Paradise Lost," the origin story of Themyscira, the island where Wonder Woman was born.

From Reuters Jan. 31, 2023

Lincolnshire's A Certain Demographic is one theatre company coming to Thorington this summer - with a new version of Milton's Paradise Lost on Saturday, 25 June.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2022

Joe Berlinger, the Oscar-nominated documentarian behind the acclaimed Paradise Lost trilogy, directed and executive-produced the series, following his success with the Netflix docuseries Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes.

From Slate Feb. 11, 2021

When I picked up Paradise Lost I could only remember it was about Adam and Eve and the Tree of Knowledge, but now I couldn’t make sense of it.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

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