The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color
Jacket Description/Back: 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...
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Jacket Description/Back: 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. Biographical Note: Painter, printer, and poet, William Blake (1757-1827) was a master at expressing great literature through his art. Perhaps the finest engraver in English history, Blake's illuminated books -- filled with sketches and watercolors that boggle the mind with their beauty and detail -- are as sought after today as they were over a hundred years ago. Publisher Marketing: 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. |
Author: Blake, William
Publisher: Dover Publications
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 1994-09-01
BISAC: Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh|Art / Individual Artists / Artists' Books|Literary Collections / General
Subjects: Blake, William|Manuscripts|Facsimiles|Illumination of books and manuscripts, Englis|Manuscripts, English
Weight: 0.17 lbs
ISBN: 9780486281223
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780486281223