Milton, a poem in 2 books Pl.07
19th century
William Blake, a visionary of the Romantic movement, created this page to correct what he saw as John Milton's theological errors in Paradise Lost. Here, we see a dramatic cosmic confrontation involving Satan, Rintrah, and Palamabron, written in Blake's distinctive, flowing handwriting. He used a unique method called 'Illuminated Printing' to etch text and illustrations onto copper plates, making the words and images dance together on the page. It reads like a sacred text from a mythology that exists only in Blake's brilliant, rebellious mind.
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