Emmanuel Swedenborg
Blake is straight beefing, gang. The Marriage of Heaven and Hell can be understood in a variety of ways, but to get to the heart of it's argument, it really helps to understand that Blake wrote thi...
Prophets
As much as he was anti-Swedenborg, Blake was pro-prophet. He considered himself a prophet, after all, so it's not at all surprising to find multiple prophets in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. In...
Animals
Here is a partial list of all the animals that appear in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: bee, serpent, lion, worm, bird, peacock, goat, wolf, fox, sheep, spider, rat, mouse, rabbit, tiger, horse,...
Writing and Publishing
Okay, so this one's probably a no-brainer. Blake was both a writer and a publisher, so it probably stands to reason that he would talk about this in his work. Usually, when a writer does something...