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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
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funny
reflective
fast-paced
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Read this for class; I expect most of the people who are reading this are also doing so for school.
Definitely don’t recommend reading this for leisure. Don’t be fooled by its short length; I initially scheduled two days to read this, and it took close to a week. This is because the passages are so loaded with information and references that it is impossible to understand them without looking them all up lol. Basically the book is a satirical response to this Swedish philosopher Emmanuel Swedenborg, who claimed to found a branch of Christianity that was not like the others, which Blake refutes by saying that all systems of power breed oppression, so long as they take advantage of their most vulnerable populations. And so much more, because you can’t really sum up all of Blake in a sentence, right?
Excited to discuss this in class, but definitely wouldn’t want to read it again. Took a lot of good notes and learned about the philosophy behind the French Revolution. If you like this kind of stuff, go read it I guess.
Definitely don’t recommend reading this for leisure. Don’t be fooled by its short length; I initially scheduled two days to read this, and it took close to a week. This is because the passages are so loaded with information and references that it is impossible to understand them without looking them all up lol. Basically the book is a satirical response to this Swedish philosopher Emmanuel Swedenborg, who claimed to found a branch of Christianity that was not like the others, which Blake refutes by saying that all systems of power breed oppression, so long as they take advantage of their most vulnerable populations. And so much more, because you can’t really sum up all of Blake in a sentence, right?
Excited to discuss this in class, but definitely wouldn’t want to read it again. Took a lot of good notes and learned about the philosophy behind the French Revolution. If you like this kind of stuff, go read it I guess.
An interesting attempt at eliminating the dualistic perception of nature beyond Reason and Desire, Good and Evil. All of them are concieved as antagonistic necessities of human experience.
Beautiful crafted plates and put together into this text. Blake's desire to rearrange the devil's relationship with God and to abolish the concept of a heaven and hell, a good and bad, is well executed but I don't know if he means for us to take him seriously. Or rather, can we take him seriously?
This is definitely a text that you need to experience in the format of his plates which he so painstakingly painted in his home.
This is definitely a text that you need to experience in the format of his plates which he so painstakingly painted in his home.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is a work of Philosophy and Art, Blake being philosopher, artist, poet.
Reading philosophy is hard work, at least to me, because every line must be chewed over for meaning, every postulated thought must be well understood before proceeding to the next. I've tried to read Swedenborg and had a difficult time of it.
So when Blake makes reference to Swedenborg I can't much relate, it is mostly lost on me. I can better relate though if you mention Jim Morrison, who by many accounts was influenced by Blake. That spirit I can relate to, understanding the music and poetry of the one helps me to better approach the art and poetry of the other. Blake's acid etched plates and diabolically edged verse cast Good and Evil, Devils and Angels into unaccustomed poses, and invites us to glimpse them from the standpoint of what is really good and bad, beneficial or detrimental to Life -- of what is living and alive.
I love the sentiment of the Marriage! Alas, that we could act on that sentiment, but as always it seems it is a small number that are endowed with that kind of courage; but many of the rest of us can at least acknowledge it, and cherish it in our hearts. Read The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. It is a work of philosophy that is quick and easy to swallow, but its effect can be profound.
Reading philosophy is hard work, at least to me, because every line must be chewed over for meaning, every postulated thought must be well understood before proceeding to the next. I've tried to read Swedenborg and had a difficult time of it.
So when Blake makes reference to Swedenborg I can't much relate, it is mostly lost on me. I can better relate though if you mention Jim Morrison, who by many accounts was influenced by Blake. That spirit I can relate to, understanding the music and poetry of the one helps me to better approach the art and poetry of the other. Blake's acid etched plates and diabolically edged verse cast Good and Evil, Devils and Angels into unaccustomed poses, and invites us to glimpse them from the standpoint of what is really good and bad, beneficial or detrimental to Life -- of what is living and alive.
I love the sentiment of the Marriage! Alas, that we could act on that sentiment, but as always it seems it is a small number that are endowed with that kind of courage; but many of the rest of us can at least acknowledge it, and cherish it in our hearts. Read The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. It is a work of philosophy that is quick and easy to swallow, but its effect can be profound.
"If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite."