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This vivid facsimile of Blake's romantic and revolutionary publication offers a concise expression of his essential wisdom and philosophy. His distinctive hand-lettered text is accompanied by 27 color plates of his stirring illustrations.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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worth it,
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This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Paperback)
It's great to read Blake is his own typeset. And the book is essential Blake.
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Hidden treasurers,
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This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Paperback)
If a reader should stumble across this little book of poetry and visual art he ought to be warned that contemporaries considered the author insane because they could not understand him. The reason can be found in the suffusion of his works by his regular discourse with spirit or call it higher dimensions of consciousness, and, therefore, cannot be fully understood by everyday consciousness. His works are full of symbolism and hidden meanings (whole books have been written just to explain the symbolism). For instance the title suggests the solution of duality which obviously is a difficult to grasp esoteric concept. Even some of the easy to comprehend and insightful gems could be understood as just a ploy to attract the reader and in a way saying `there is more, keep digging'. It also appears that the visual content is more than an adornment and more likely to be an integral part of the book, simply because certain thoughts cannot be expressed in words but can still be expressed in images.This is certainly a book of treasurers, however, some are hidden very deep. 10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Easy to Read,
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This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Paperback)
The illuminations accompanying Blake's poetry should be considered necessary to the reading of his poems. The illuminations are beautiful, descriptive, obviously terribly time consuming and should not be counted as something separate from the words. That said, sometimes it is difficult to read the poems on the illuminations, as they were meant to be read. This book provides the complete illuminations followed by the poems sans illumination, for ease of reading. Also, the price is of course outstanding, as illuminated versions of Blake's poetry can get quite pricey.
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Marriage of Heaven and Hell = Worth It,
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This review is from: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: A Facsimile in Full Color (Paperback)
William Blake is a humorous satirical writer. His Proverbs of Hell is widely favored and I completely understand why it is so. The 70 axioms under the Proverbs of Hell are both humorous and good principals to hold. Many of these axioms are "quotable" and I've found myself quoting one here and there throughout my day.I highly recommend this book to anyone! It comes with pictures of the original copper plates the book was printed on but also only has the text at the end. Takes 30 minutes tops to read. |
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