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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Marriage of Heaven and Hell | 1 |
| William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Context triple: [The Doors of Perception, titleDerivedFrom, William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]
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The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic era, renowned for his visionary works that combined mystical themes with innovative illustrated poetry.
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The Collected Works of William Morris
The Collected Works of William Morris is a multi-volume scholarly edition that compiles the writings, poetry, and prose of the 19th-century British designer, writer, and socialist William Morris.
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The Poetical Works of Anna Seward
The Poetical Works of Anna Seward is a collected volume of poems by the 18th-century English Romantic-era writer often called the “Swan of Lichfield,” showcasing her elegiac and sentimental verse.
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Target entity description: 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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A.
The Progress of Poesy
The Progress of Poesy is an 18th-century Pindaric ode by Thomas Gray that celebrates the power and evolution of poetry from ancient Greece to modern times.
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B.
William Blake
William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker of the Romantic era, renowned for his visionary works that combined mystical themes with innovative illustrated poetry.
-
C.
The Collected Works of William Morris
The Collected Works of William Morris is a multi-volume scholarly edition that compiles the writings, poetry, and prose of the 19th-century British designer, writer, and socialist William Morris.
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D.
The Poetical Works of Anna Seward
The Poetical Works of Anna Seward is a collected volume of poems by the 18th-century English Romantic-era writer often called the “Swan of Lichfield,” showcasing her elegiac and sentimental verse.
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E.
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets is Samuel Johnson’s major biographical and critical study of 17th- and 18th-century English poets, influential for its incisive literary judgments and character portraits.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
illuminated book
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poetic prose work ⓘ prophetic work ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfPlates | 27 ⓘ |
| associatedWithAuthorCycle | Blake’s early prophetic books ⓘ |
| author | William Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
critique of organized religion
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imagination and perception ⓘ revaluation of good and evil ⓘ spiritual rebellion ⓘ union of contraries ⓘ |
| completionDate | circa 1793 ⓘ |
| contains |
aphorisms
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engraved illustrations ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| famousLine |
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite."
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"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." ⓘ "Without Contraries is no progression." ⓘ |
| famousSection | Proverbs of Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | circa 1790 ⓘ |
| form | illuminated printing ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical poetry
ⓘ
religious satire ⓘ visionary literature ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
20th-century counterculture
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Aldous Huxley’s The Doors of Perception NERFINISHED ⓘ Romantic literature ⓘ modern mysticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
irony
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paradox ⓘ visionary imagery ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romanticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium |
hand-colored engraving
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relief etching ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | prophetic narrator ⓘ |
| parodiesOrCritiques | Emanuel Swedenborg’s Heaven and Hell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalInfluence |
Christian mysticism
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Emanuel Swedenborg NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlightenment thought ⓘ |
| questionsConcept |
conventional morality
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institutional church authority ⓘ orthodox notions of good and evil ⓘ |
| religiousPerspective | heterodox Christianity ⓘ |
| repositoryOfNotableCopy |
Bodleian Library
NERFINISHED
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British Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Library of Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of plates ⓘ |
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