Paradise Lost

American  

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

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

From "Paradise Lost," which follows an infamous cold case, to the Oscar-nominated "Capturing the Friedmans," Amazon Prime Video has got you covered.

From Fox News • Apr. 18, 2020

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