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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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Among the beautiful and striking illuminated books etched and printed by William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell stands out. Written in 1790 at the beginning of the French Revolution, it represents Blake's first attempt to create a new system of art, poetry and philosophy,...
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One of William Blake's most inspired and influential books, now stunningly reproduced in a beautiful facsimile.
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Among the beautiful and striking illuminated books etched and printed by William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell stands out. Written in 1790 at the beginning of the French Revolution, it represents Blake's first attempt to create a new system of art, poetry and philosophy, declaring himself on the side of the devils in a world that was being turned upside down.
While perhaps lesser known than his Songs of Innocence and of Experience, it has strong echoes throughout pop culture and is arguably more influential on later generations of writers, thinkers and even musicians. From Aldous Huxley drawing on it as a key text to opening the doors of perception, which in turn gave The Doors their name, through to figures as diverse as Salman Rushdie, Benjamin Britten, Olga Tokarczuk and Keith Haring.
Blake's writing and art immediately draw the reader into a fantastical and surrealist landscape, where the protagonist converses with angels who have thrown their lot in with revolutionary hell, or chats with prophets and devils about the nature of God, the universe and everything.
This gloriously illustrated edition, which opens with a poem and takes the form of prose thereafter, is both a spirited satire on religion and morality, and expresses Blake's essential wisdom and philosophy. Produced as a beautiful facsimile with a new, illuminating introduction, this is a special and thought-provoking gift book.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781849769983
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tate Publishing
Edition: Facsimile edition
Contributors:
- Foreword by Mark Rylance
- Contributions by Jason Whittaker
- Contributions by Tamsin Rosewell
- Contributions by Sibylle Erle
- Foreword by Juliet Rylance
- Introduction by Sibylle Erle
- Introduction by Jason Whittaker
- Introduction by Tamsin Rosewell
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 105.0mm
Height: 155.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 72
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About the Author
William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Apprentice to a master engraver, Blake studied at the Royal Academy under the guidance of Joshua Reynolds, before later engraving and publishing Songs of Innocence in 1789 and the contrasting Songs of Experience in 1794.
Sibylle Erle is Chair of the Blake Society and has written extensively on Blake. She was also editor of The Reception of William Blake in Europe (Bloomsbury, 2019) with Morton Paley
Jason Whittaker is the author of multiple books on William Blake, most recently Divine Images: The Life and Work of William Blake (Reaktion, 2021) and Jerusalem: Blake, Parry and the Fight for Englishness (Oxford University Press, 2022). He was a journalist for fifteen years and writes on Blake and other subjects in a widely accessible style. He is a Trustee of the Blake Society.
Tamsin Rosewell is an illustrator, bookseller and radio presenter who specialises in children's and YA books. She is a Trustee of the Blake Society.
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