Chaos at the Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20291966 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Steenburg (McMaster University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 447-466 |
| Publication date | 1991-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816000017958 |
| OpenAlex | W2062387038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
Blake's romantic genius could not but chafe at the theme of rational order and harmony that pervaded eighteenth-century science, art, and theology. Only spiritual blindness could be content with a world reducible to measure and mathematics. Blake longed for a grander synthesis—a celebration of human living beyond the antinomies of reason and passion, understanding and imagination, order and chaos. He longed for the marriage of heaven and hell
Art · Blindness · Genius · Harmony (color) · Heaven · Literature · Order (exchange) · Passion · Romance · Theme (computing) · Theology · Visual arts · Medicine · Moravian Church and William Blake · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |