English Literature / Unit 12 ENL 1111 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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The idea
In The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, of seventeen ninety, Blake argues, "Without Contraries is no progression," and offers "Proverbs of Hell," such as "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Here he wrote that Milton was "of the Devil's party without knowing it."
In practice
Contraries, proverbs, energy.
Where people slip
Blake's Hell means energy, not evil.
Your place on the trail
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Unlocks
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