Blake and the prophetic voice of the devil: the duality of body and mind in parallel to text and image

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https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2017v19.e30714

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Duality, Demon, Composed art.

Abstract

Far beyond the critical and theorical quarrel between poetry and painting, William Blake’s illuminated books can be approached as a hybrid and composed form of art. In this sense, we intend to analyze the relation between text and images in plate 4 of the book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, which is titled The Voice of the Devil. This session attacks dualistic religious ideas that divide the “human whole” into body and soul. Through this criticism, Blake aims to reconcile the contraries of heaven and hell, body and soul, and in a parallel manner, of poetry and painting. As theorical and critical references, we approach authors like Bosi, Frye, Makdisi e Wolfson.

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Andrio J.R dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM

Doutorando em Letras pela Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM

Enéias Farias Tavares, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM

Doutor em Letras pala Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - UFSM

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Published

2017-09-12

How to Cite

Santos, A. J. dos, & Tavares, E. F. (2017). Blake and the prophetic voice of the devil: the duality of body and mind in parallel to text and image. Estação Literária, 19, 36–48. https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2017v19.e30714

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Artigos do Dossiê Temático