Paradise lost william blake
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John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost from 1667 tells the biblical story of the fall of Adam and Eve from grace in Eden and explores the problem of evil in a world created by an all-powerful and benevolent God from a Protestant perspective. The document also mentions the collection of poems and meditations "No Man is an Island" by John Donne from 1623-1624.
Paradise lost william blake
- 1. John Milton (1608-1674) Protestant: the meaning of evil in a universe created by a benevolent God. (describes the fall of Adam and Eve)Paradise Lost (1667) Donne Meditations (1623-1624) No Man is an Island William Blake completed two sets of water color illustrations to Paradise Lost, the second of which, completed in 1808, is represented here.
Editor's Notes
- William Blake and John Milton lived through two of the most tumultuous periods of European history, so perhaps it is not surprising that Blake would have been drawn to illustrate Milton's great epic. Blake completed two sets of water color illustrations to Paradise Lost , the second of which, completed in 1808, is represented here.