William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

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William Blake’s *The Marriage of Heaven and Hell* is a visionary late-18th-century illuminated book that blends poetry, prose, and engravings to challenge conventional morality and religious doctrine through paradoxical explorations of good, evil, and human perception.

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instanceOf illuminated book ⓘ
poetic prose work ⓘ
prophetic work ⓘ
approximateNumberOfPlates 27 ⓘ
associatedWithAuthorCycle Blake’s early prophetic books ⓘ
author William Blake ⓘ
centralTheme critique of organized religion ⓘ
imagination and perception ⓘ
revaluation of good and evil ⓘ
spiritual rebellion ⓘ
union of contraries ⓘ
completionDate circa 1793 ⓘ
contains aphorisms ⓘ
engraved illustrations ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Great Britain ⓘ
famousLine "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite." ⓘ
"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." ⓘ
"Without Contraries is no progression." ⓘ
famousSection Proverbs of Hell ⓘ
firstPublicationDate circa 1790 ⓘ
form illuminated printing ⓘ
genre philosophical poetry ⓘ
religious satire ⓘ
visionary literature ⓘ
influenceOn 20th-century counterculture ⓘ
Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception ⓘ
Romantic literature ⓘ
modern mysticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice irony ⓘ
paradox ⓘ
visionary imagery ⓘ
literaryPeriod Romanticism ⓘ
medium hand-colored engraving ⓘ
relief etching ⓘ
narrativeVoice prophetic narrator ⓘ
parodiesOrCritiques Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Christian mysticism ⓘ
Emanuel Swedenborg ⓘ
Enlightenment thought ⓘ
questionsConcept conventional morality ⓘ
institutional church authority ⓘ
orthodox notions of good and evil ⓘ
religiousPerspective heterodox Christianity ⓘ
repositoryOfNotableCopy Bodleian Library ⓘ
British Museum ⓘ
Library of Congress ⓘ
structure series of plates ⓘ

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