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Discover the profound impact of William Blake's revolutionary text, **The Marriage of Heaven and Hell**, an essential reading for enthusiasts of **Romantic literature** and **philosophical thought**. This **brand new edition**, published by the **Bodleian Library Publishing**, showcases Blake's groundbreaking method, known as **Illuminated Printing**, that transformed the landscape of artistic expression. Packed with insights, this volume includes a complete facsimile of the original work as well as a detailed transcript. Explore Blake's iconic **Proverbs of Hell**, which have resonated through the ages, becoming slogans for **social protest** and integral to modern ideology.
This exquisite release also features a thorough commentary, providing a plate-by-plate guide to the text, interlinear figures, and larger designs. Complement your understanding with illustrations from Blake's **Manuscript Notebook** and proof impressions that reveal the evolution of this remarkable work. The special section includes reproductions from the surviving eight copies, depicting Blake’s unique alterations over more than 30 years. Dive into the literary and historical context of this essential text and uncover the mystery behind its publication without any authorial acknowledgment.
Note: **Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.** This **9781851243662** ISBN edition is a must-have for collectors and scholars alike.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851243662
Year: 2011
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
No work has challenged its readers like Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. His â€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 â€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 to text, the interlinear figures, and the larger designs, supplied in the commentary. Drawings from Blake’s Manuscript Notebook used as a basis for the designs together with working proof impressions are reproduced in this volume, showing how the work evolved.
In a special section, the same plate from each of the other eight surviving copies is also reproduced to show how over a period of more than 30 years Blake altered the way each copy was finished. The introduction discusses the work’s literary and historical background, the printing process used to produce it and the question of why the work was published without an imprint identifying the author and printer.
This exquisite release also features a thorough commentary, providing a plate-by-plate guide to the text, interlinear figures, and larger designs. Complement your understanding with illustrations from Blake's **Manuscript Notebook** and proof impressions that reveal the evolution of this remarkable work. The special section includes reproductions from the surviving eight copies, depicting Blake’s unique alterations over more than 30 years. Dive into the literary and historical context of this essential text and uncover the mystery behind its publication without any authorial acknowledgment.
Note: **Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.** This **9781851243662** ISBN edition is a must-have for collectors and scholars alike.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851243662
Year: 2011
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
No work has challenged its readers like Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. His â€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 â€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 to text, the interlinear figures, and the larger designs, supplied in the commentary. Drawings from Blake’s Manuscript Notebook used as a basis for the designs together with working proof impressions are reproduced in this volume, showing how the work evolved.
In a special section, the same plate from each of the other eight surviving copies is also reproduced to show how over a period of more than 30 years Blake altered the way each copy was finished. The introduction discusses the work’s literary and historical background, the printing process used to produce it and the question of why the work was published without an imprint identifying the author and printer.