John Milton died 350 years ago, leaving behind Paradise Lost, a poem composed in a state of deep despair. Blind, alone, and reeling from the failures of the English Revolution, Milton wrote an ...

Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai ...

The 17th-century epic gave the modern age its most famous vision of Eden but, argues the author of a new book, the poem’s influence on landscape and garden design can still be seen today ...

That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.