The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Resources

Websites

Blake, The Archive

Here's your first stop to exploring all things Blake on the interwebs.

A Solid Foundation

The Poetry Foundation provides a detailed biography and links to Blake's work.

The Marriage of… Image and Text

Here you can find the original pictures that accompanied The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

Video

Blake-u-mentary

Check out this documentary for an overview of Blake's life and works.

Blake, Plus Cartoons

Here's an informative overview, with a cartoony backdrop for some reason.

Ancient of Ways

This video tells (and shows) you all about Blake's printing techniques.

Audio

Listen Up

Here's an audiobook version of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

You Down with BBC?

Yeah, you know us. Check out this reading, with a helpful introduction.

Far Out, Man

This video pairs Blake's original artwork with some pretty trippy chanting. The effect is probably a bit darker than Blake likely intended.

Images

Self-Portrait, with Glare

Here's a younger Blake's take on himself. Is he mad, or just concentrating?

Classic Break

This is the view of William that we're most familiar with.

Death Masque

Once upon a time, it used to be a thing to make a plaster casting of someone's face after they had died. This is Blake's.

Articles and Interviews

"William Blake's Radical Politics"

Blake was an outside-the-box thinker when it came to… well, everything, including politics.

"William Blake and Me"

Golden Compass author Phillip Pullman discusses Blake's influence on his own life and work.

Books

The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake

Get it all right here.

In Living Color

Here's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, reproduced with the color