{"product_id":"the-marriage-of-heaven-and-hell","title":"The Marriage of Heaven and Hell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if reason and desire need each other—and the Devil has something worth hearing?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake brings prose, verse, proverbs, and comic visions into sharp collision. The opening poem, the Argument, follows a just man driven from his path. Then the Voice of the Devil challenges familiar beliefs about body, soul, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlake's central idea is that contraries make a living mind possible. Good and evil, reason and desire become questions rather than settled answers. Through the Memorable Fancies and the Proverbs of Hell, he challenges churches that preach restraint and mocks the visionary Emanuel Swedenborg. The stakes are how we think, perceive, and live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOpposites that need each other\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Blake's claim that opposing forces belong together rather than cancel each other out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWisdom turned upside down\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the Proverbs of Hell, whose short, sharp paradoxes unsettle familiar habits of thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFire seen another way\u003c\/strong\u003e – Walk through imagined fires where Blake finds creative energy and angels see only torment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn angel meets resistance\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter a quarrel about eternity where an angel becomes a foil for Blake's questioning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA mind beyond restraint\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider how Blake links body, soul, and desire while challenging sacred codes and inherited beliefs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love sharp, strange writing, enjoy slow reading, and feel curious about Romantic poetry, religion, or rebellion in ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let Blake's strange visions put your familiar certainties to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534584512860,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/00323_en_ebook-front_c24.jpg?v=1792174921","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/the-marriage-of-heaven-and-hell","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}