Product Description

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell was created early in Blake's series of illuminated books, each of which was presented by him as an attractive work of art made entirely by his own hand. Written principally in prose, The Marriage represents Blake's first full-scale attempt to present his philosophic message. In it he expresses his extreme humanist views through a system in which Angels and Devils change places, Good becomes Evil, Heaven is Hell. The 27 colour plates are the work of Blake himself, with commentary and introduction by Sir Geoffrey Keynes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #161295 in Books
• Published on: 1975-10-23
• Format: Facsimile
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 82 pages

Customer Reviews

From Milton to Blake...
Heaven and Hell is is one of the easier Blake books to read, something that is typical of his earlier work. Heaven and Hell shares many of the Milton'esque themes that Blake would develop later in his work. This book is worth a look if only for 'The Proverbs of Hell' and the Doors of Perception sections. The illuminated manuscript may be a bit of a shock to new readers of Blake, and really new readers should begin with Songs of Innocence and Experience anyway. Well worth buying if you're familiar with Blake's poetry, and worth pausing for a thought if you're not. The only problem really is that if you're a fan of Blake you don't really know which manuscript version that you're buying... but you'd have to be a hell of a fan to notice that much difference. I seem to remember something about this being the Oxford manuscript...

Vivid, iconoclastic, and beautiful
This is a wonderful,lovingly illustrated book. Its vivid and biblical, and will give you an insight into Blake that few other books can. The angels of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. Read it!