Paradise Lost

**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.Read less