Lost Paradise, upper and lower

Author: (English) Milton, translated by Jin Nüxun
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This poem embodies the poet's noble pursuit of freedom and is an extremely important work in the history of world literature and thought. The translator, Jin Fuxun, is a seasoned translator in China with unique insights into Milton's works. The translation is faithful, expressive, and elegant. The classic original combined with the rigorous translation undoubtedly presents readers with a superior spiritual feast. Paradise Lost reveals the original sin and fall of humanity with the grandeur of an epic. The rebellious angel Satan, having been cast into hell for defying God's authority, shows no submission and seeks revenge by arriving in Eden. Adam and Eve are tempted by a snake possessed by Satan to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, as commanded by God. In the end, Satan and his accomplices are cursed to become snakes, and Adam and Eve are banished from Eden. This poem embodies the poet's noble pursuit of freedom and is an extremely important work in the history of world literature and thought. The translator, Jin Fuxun, is a seasoned translator in China with unique insights into Milton's works. The translation is faithful, expressive, and elegant. The classic original combined with the rigorous translation undoubtedly presents readers with a superior spiritual feast.