This website offers full-text of many Milton poems and prose pieces, as well as quality pieces of criticism that may help you understand his work. It is maintained by a Dartmouth English professor and his students. To get to the articles about Paradise Lost, click on Paradise Lost and then Introduction.
John Milton Reading Room
Here is a good overview of the political situation in 17th c. England. Milton was a supporter of Cromwell. Given this, some people have found his portrayal of Satan ironic. Why?
http://www.historyguide.org/earlymod/lecture7c.html
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