Paradise Lost (Modern Library Classics)

Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon

John Milton s Paradise Lost, an epic poem on the clash between God and his fallen angel, Satan, is a profound meditation on fate, free will, and divinity, and one of the most beautiful works in world literature. Extracted from the Modern Library s highly acclaimed The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton, this edition reflects up-to-date scholarship and includes a substantial Introduction, fresh commentary, and other features annotations on Milton s classical allusions, a chronology of the writer s life, clean page layouts, and an index that make it the definitive twenty-first-century presentation of John Milton s timeless signature work.