Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)

Name: Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780192834898

by Unknown Author

336 pages1998Oxford University Press, USAISBN 9780192834898

English poetry Poetry (poetic works by one author)

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William Blake (1757-1827) was a poet of striking originality, whose poetic world of myth and mysticism continues to fascinate. This selection represents the full range of Blake's accomplishment as a poet, ranging from early Poetical Sketches to late lyrics, and including such major works as The Book of Thel, Songs of Innocence, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Visions of the Daughters of Albion, America, Songs of Experience, and Europe. The collection is chosen from the Oxford Authors critical edition, with Michael Mason's introduction and notes providing the ideal guide to a remarkable oeuvre.

Publication Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1998
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780192834898

About Unknown Author

William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language".[1] His visual artistry has led one British art journalist to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced".[2] Although he only once journeyed farther than a day's walk outside London during his lifetime,[3] he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God",[4] or "Human existence itself".[5] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake