The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2) by William Blake: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 1 original MP3 tracks, 34:33 running time and a link to listen.
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2), credited to William Blake, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2) by William Blake. Read in English by P. J. Taylor. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." The Marriage of Heaven & Hell is William Blake’s masterpiece – a piously blasphemous reimagining of the duality of good and evil as an eternal dance of equally essential polarities. Good, in Blake’s complex cosmology, is defined by a blind deference to the external, rational order embodied by the tyrant and the priest. Evil is the chaotic and revolutionary impulse that defies all reason and authority. While Blake’s sympathies are clearly with the Romantic revolutionary, he argues for the necessity of both sides, which create balance through their eternal opposition. (Summary by PJ Taylor)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2)
- Author credits: William Blake
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 1
- Listed recording duration: 34:33
Catalogue topics
- poetry
- William Blake
Track guide
- 01 - The Marriage of Heaven & Hell — 34:33
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