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Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color

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Once regarded as a brilliant eccentric whose works skirted the outer fringes of English art and literature, William Blake (1757-1827) is today recognized as a major poet, a profound thinker, and one of the most original and exciting English artists. Nowhere is his glorious poetic and pictorial legacy more evident than in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, which many consider his most inspired and original work.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is both a humorous satire on religion and morality and a work that concisely expresses Blake's essential wisdom and philosophy, much of it revealed in the 70 aphorisms of his "Proverbs of Hell." This beautiful edition, reproduced from a rare facsimile, invites readers to enjoy the rich character of Blake's own hand-printed text along with his deeply stirring illustrations, reproduced on 27 full-color plates. A typeset transcription of the text is included.

Book Details

Publisher:
Dover Publications
ISBN:
9780486281223
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
48
Authors:
William Blake
Published Date:
1994-09-01
Language:
English

About William Blake

William Blake (1757–1827), born in London, was an English poet, painter, and engraver. Trained as an engraver, he produced his poetry as illuminated books that he hand-lettered and illustrated, among them Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794). His longer prophetic works include The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (c. 1790) and Milton (c. 1804–1811). Largely unrecognized as a poet during his lifetime, he is now regarded as a foundational figure of Romanticism.

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