#Paradise Regain'd

[uwmspeccoll]

It’s Fine Press Friday! 

John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained is here illustrated by American artist, illustrator, and printmaker, Carlotta Petrina (1901-1997) and  printed in 1939 for the members of the Limited Editions Club (LEC) by California fine printer John Henry Nash (1871-1947) in San Francisco in an edition of 1500 copies signed by the artist.. 

Paradise Lost is an epic poem written in blank verse, first printed in 1667 by Samuel Simmons, London. Its sequel, Paradise Regained, was first printed in 1671 by John Martyn. The sixteen drawings by Carlotta Petrina for this LEC edition serve as the opening pages for each book of the poem. The drawings are reproduced in photogravure which captures the richness of the original drawing with its velvety blacks and subtle tones. They appear as though the artist drew directly on the page, erasures and all. The Eve figure is based on Petrina herself, and the male figure was based on her late husband. This personal touch creates a greater level of intimacy and emotion in the images. 

The type is eighteen-point Cloister Light. The paper was made by Strathmore. The binding is quarter Irish linen with covers wrapped in a paper brilliantly decorated in batik. Gift of Loryn Romadka from the collection of Austin Fredric Lutter. 

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– Teddy, Special Collections Graduate Intern

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[butchdykekondraki]

kind of hilarious that like 99% of the writing i post on here uses religious themes and characters because like . im. not religious. at all. im agnostic i just think the stories are Neat

#[ren] #i LOVEEE humanizing biblical characters tho so i Will Not stop #but it is really funny . to me #like yeah. those are my blorbos. from my religious studies #lucifer my blorbo from my paradise lost/regain'd #cain and abel my blorbos from. uh. my bible. #<- that goes for the rest of em really. #i dont even like biblical depictions of lucifer that much im just obsessed w the paradise lost/regain'd versions . for some reason #(<- ITS BECAUSE IT HUMANIZES HER AND GIVES A NEAT PERSPECTIVE INTO HOW HY THINKS) #(this post is paradise lost/regain'd propaganda now actually . go read paradise lost/regain'd its online FOR FREE!!!!)

[svenson777]

"I who e're while the happy Garden sung,

By one mans disobedience lost, now sing

Recover'd Paradise to all mankind,

By one mans firm obedience fully tri'd

Through all temptation, and the Tempter foil'd [ 5 ]

In all his wiles, defeated and repuls't,

And Eden rais'd in the wast Wilderness.

Thou Spirit, who ledst this glorious Eremite

Into the Desert, his Victorious Field

Against the Spiritual Foe, and broughtst him thence [ 10 ]

By proof th' undoubted Son of God, inspire,

As thou art wont, my prompted Song else mute,

And bear through highth or depth of natures bounds,

With prosperous wing full summ'd to tell of deeds

Above Heroic, though in secret done, [ 15 ]

And unrecorded left through many an Age,

Worthy t' have not remain'd so long unsung."

~

First lines from John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Regain'd"

The First Book (l. 1-17)

First published in 1671

#john milton #paradise regained #paradise lost #poetry #epic poetry #17th century #17th century poetry #1671 #the first book #first book #first lines #paradise regain'd

[dinodude]

#SoundCloud #Renegades Of Jazz #Paradise Regain'd #Boogie #Soul #UK

[macuill]

#SoundCloud #Renegades Of Jazz #Paradise Regain'd #Paradise #Regain'd #Instrumental

[polyanthea]

The end of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the neerest by possessing our souls of true vertue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.

-Milton, Of Education

#Milton #education #repair #paradise regain'd #imitatio #perfection #restoration

[earlymodernerotica]

#Milton #Paradise Regain'd #Son #Satan #Jesus #temptation

[butchdykekondraki]

every few days ill open my asks and its like 5 different people going "i tried to read the bible because of you and it was boring how do you find this enjoyable" and it always makes me giggle . my secret is that I Dont . as to why i only read it every couple months ^_^

#[ren] #i mostly just read bible related medias lol #<- like paradise lost/regain'd or dantes divine comedies #<- both are incredibly interesting i recommend them :3 #oh also! go read about angels! theyre so interesting!! a lot of people tend to get stuff wrong about them so this is my obligatory - #- shameless plug to ask you all to go read about angels NOW #also like. read some stuff about the apostles and christ #the bible is interesting yeah but i think the stories from the apostles themselves are Neato and give a good look at what life was like - #- during the actual adventures of christ #<- the book of judas is a good one go read that #ok ramble over thanks for coming to my ted talk on why you should learn about christian tales because they all fuck from a literary - #- standpoint

[butchdykekondraki]

^ lucifer and belial

#[ren] #sorry for this one actually #im rereading paradise regain'd and theyre so funny to me. theyre freaks. whats wrong with them. i hate them so much theyre everything to m

[butchdykekondraki]

i am like the lamest person in the world actually

#[ren] #this is a good thing btw #was reading paradise regain'd and had a moment of like. ''wow this is Not a normal hobby'' like no shit #AND while listening to the ultrakill soundtrack . autism^2

[butchdykekondraki]

i think if you genuinely want to call judses yaoi historical rpf then you would need to also believe that dante's divine comedies is historical rpf, since dante's divine comedies also take both real people and fictional ideas and bastardize them into new versions of themselves. going by this logic, i think you would also need to throw in john milton's paradise regain'd as historical rpf, since it uses jesus christ's image (albeit a bastardized version; similarly to jesus christ superstar) as a narrative device. really it's just a very slippery slope to go down, since by that logic most stories involving christ would be historical rpf.

[butchdykekondraki]

paradise regain'd jesus is soo fucking funny for listening to lucifer give his gay little speech about how he is so obviously better than all those fuckass apostles and he should TOTALLY eat this Random Dinner that appeared Out Of Nowhere because the apostles wouldnt knowww cmon jesus why dont you trust this nice friendly old man in the middle of the fucking woods. only to just sit there and go "hey are you the devil by any chance" and throwing lucifer off so bad he sulks back to hell. queen. icon. nobody is doing it like him

#speaking.mp4

[butchdykekondraki]

what the fuck was up with jesus and lucifer in paradise regain'd. worlds most toxic yaoi.

#speaking.mp4

[butchdykekondraki]

paradise regain'd is so so so fucking funny because the entire time jesus is just like ''wow this nature sure is beautiful :-) i miss my mothers food and despite it all i know i will never have it again. maybe the worst burden i am forced to bear is knowing despite the love i am given it is all for nothing and i am both nothing and everything at once and there is nothing that could be done to save me. anyways that birds kind of cool looking'' and then everytime lucifer appears hes shaking with rage white knuckle gripping his thighs and going "I HAVE TO KILL THAT FUCKING TWINK RIGHT NOW DO YOU FUCKING HEAR ME. BEELZEBUB DO YOU HEAR ME I NEED HIM DEAD WE NEED TO CRUCIFY HIM AGAIN'' and then you find out jesus hasnt even done anything to deserve that. mans just chilling and lucifer is SEETHING about it

#[ren]

[butchdykekondraki]

Do you have any inspos you use for your writing? :0

mostly the bible and paradise lost/regain'd!! BUT but but. if we're talking abt my angel posts specifically . pig pigswithwings has some REALLY good stuff that turns cogs in my brain constantly ^_^

#[ren] #OOO U WANNA GO LOOK AT ITS STUFF SOOO BAD OOOOO

[butchdykekondraki]

wait it just occurred to me. do you guys know the entirety of paradise lost and paradise regain'd are just online . like For Free. are you guys aware of this. please tell me you guys are aware of this

#[ren] #like thats why i talk about them constantly . theyre SO fucking easy to access if u know where to look