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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

William Blake · 1793 · Philosophical Text

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It directly engages with and reinterprets the archetypal struggle between good and evil, particularly challenging Milton's depiction of Satan, thereby extending the philosophical debate about rebellion and divine authority initiated by "Paradise Lost."

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A series of texts written in prose and verse, illustrated with etched plates, that challenges traditional religious and moral doctrines. It famously re-evaluates the figures of God and Satan, arguing for the necessity of contraries for human progression.

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