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William Blake

by William Blake, W.B. Yeats

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277 pages1893Sterling Pub.ISBN 9780806936475

About this book

An introduction and critical guide to William Blake's poetry, including a brief biography and fifteen reproductions of his paintings and engravings.

Publication Details

Publisher
Sterling Pub.
Published
1893
Pages
277
ISBN
9780806936475
Language
en

About William Blake

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

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