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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
William Blake
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Description for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Paperback. 'This is an excellent scholarly edition of one of Blake's most fascinating works, likely to become the defining text for generations to come.' Professor John Mee Editor(s): Phillips, Michael. Num Pages: 184 pages, 52 colour plates. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 646. 184 pages, 52 colour plates. Editor(s): Phillips, Michael. 'This is an excellent scholarly edition of one of Blake's most fascinating works, likely to become the defining text for generations to come.' Professor John Mee. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DCF. Dimension: 235 x 151 x 25. Weight: 650.
No work has challenged its readers like Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. His `Proverbs of Hell' have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of these. Most extraordinary is the revolutionary method of its making. The Bodleian Library copy is one of the first that Blake printed using the method he called `Illuminated Printing' and the only work in which he signifies its importance. This new edition includes a complete facsimile of the work, together with a transcript, and a plate-by-plate guide ... Read more
No work has challenged its readers like Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. His `Proverbs of Hell' have been culled for the slogans of student protest and become axioms of modern thought. Iconoclastic, bizarre, unprecedented, it is all of these. Most extraordinary is the revolutionary method of its making. The Bodleian Library copy is one of the first that Blake printed using the method he called `Illuminated Printing' and the only work in which he signifies its importance. This new edition includes a complete facsimile of the work, together with a transcript, and a plate-by-plate guide ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
650g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243662
SKU
V9781851243662
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About William Blake
Michael Phillips, formerly Reader in the Department of English and Related Literature, is now Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York. He has published extensively on Blake and was guest curator of major exhibitions of Blake held in London, New York, and Paris.
Reviews for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
'This is an excellent scholarly edition of one of Blake's most fascinating works, likely to become the defining text for generations to come. No one knows as much about Blake's work in this period as Michael Phillips and he uses his knowledge of the text, its context, and Blake's printing techniques to open up the question of what Blake thought ... Read more