Paradise Lost
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Summary
Paradise Lost is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,877 views/month, #40 of 28,446).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: John Milton[3]
- Followed by: Paradise Regained[4]
- Part of: Index Librorum Prohibitorum[5]
- Commons category: Paradise Lost[6]
- Language of work or name: English[7]
- Country of origin: England[8]
- Inception: 1667[9]
- Publication date: 1667[10]
- Characters: Satan[11], Adam[12], God the Father[13], God the Son[14], Raphael[15], Archangel Michael[16], Belial[17], Azazel[18], Mammon[19], Moloch[20], Eve[21], Gabriel[22]
- Has edition or translation: Paradise Lost[23], Q62056179[24], Q63347399[25], Paraíso perdido[26], Le Paradis perdu[27], Miltankrita kabya (Volume 1)[28]
- Topic's main category: Category:Paradise Lost[29]
- Inspired by: fall of man[30], Book of Genesis[31]
- Title: Paradise Lost[32]
- Subtitle: A poem in ten books[33]
- First line: Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit[34]
- Last line: Through Eden took thir solitarie way.[35]
- Derivative work: Satan[36], Q105851554[37]
- Copyright status: public domain[38]
- Form of creative work: poem[39]
Product Details
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Release type: Poem[40]
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Community tags: epic poem[41]
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MusicBrainz ID: b899e890-fbcb-44bb-b7bc-fe2c2688d714[42]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Paradise Lost include it[43], a musical group[44], founded in 1988[45].
Why It Matters
Paradise Lost has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for it include it[43], a musical group[44], founded in 1988[45].