"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" by William Blake is a book composed between 1790 and 1793. This provocative work imitates biblical prophecy while expressing Blake's radical beliefs during the French Revolution. Blake reimagines Hell not as punishment but as a source of vital energy, challenging conventional morality and organized religion. The work features his famous "Proverbs of Hell"—paradoxical sayings designed to energize thought. Blake argues that contraries like reason and energy, good and evil, are essential to human existence and progression, creating a deliberately unified vision where Heaven and Hell must coexist. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Blake, William, 1757-1827 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Marriage of Heaven and Hell |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marriage_of_Heaven_and_Hell |
| Credits | Produced by eagkw, Dianna Adair and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Heaven |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 45315 |
| Release Date | Apr 4, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6494 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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