Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer
by William Blake
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William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, wrote a sequence of poems titled "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" that mimicked biblical prophesy. Blake, who was mostly ignored during his lifetime, is now regarded as a key influence in the development of Romantic-era poetry and visual art. Blake's deeply held Romantic and revolutionary views are expressed throughout the text.
The theme for the work, which Blake borrowed from Milton's Paradise Lost and Dantes's Inferno, is the narrator's trip to Hell. The entire book is written in prose, with the exception of the Song of Liberty and the Introductory Argument.
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Criticism and interpretation, English Illumination of books and manuscripts, English Manuscripts, English Philosophy, Facsimiles, Heaven, Hell, Illustrations, Manuscripts, Manuscripts Facsimiles, open_syllabus_project, Marriage of Heaven and Hell (Blake, William), Poetry (poetic works by one author), English poetry, English literaturePeople
William Blake (1757-1827)Times
18th century, FacsimilesShowing 6 featured editions. View all 34 editions?
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The marriage of Heaven and Hell: in full color
1994, Dover Publications
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Edition Notes
"Tirage limité a 275 exemplaires numérotés a la presse ... 24 exemplaires, nos 2 à et, sur japon à la forme ...". All but 43 copies were destroyed.
Bentley, G.E., Blake books, Suppl., 111D
Gift to Victoria University Library. Bentley, G.E., Jr. 2005/10/01.
Victoria University Library copy appears to be made up of material from several different nos. of this limited edition work. It includes: the work in translation with illustrations ([67] p.); three sets of the illustrations alone, in colour, on japanese paper (one set has the illustrator's initials on each leaf); one set of the illustrations alone, in black, on chine PC; a set of the original woodcuts of the illustrations showing the three states (in a cream wrapper with title: Bois originaux de René Pottier pour décorer Le mariage du ciel et de l'enfer de William Blake); a set of hand-coloured variations of a selection of the illustrator's original illustrations.
Victoria University Library copy includes "Exemplaire No 9".
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