Poems of William Blake: William Blake (Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Book of Thel) - Softcover

Blake, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1979836906 ISBN 13: 9781979836906

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Poems of William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience and The Book of Thel by William Blake. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. What he called his prophetic works were said by 20th century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". His visual artistry led 21st-century critic Jonathan Jones to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced". In 2002, Blake was placed at number 38 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. Although he lived in London his entire life (except for three years spent in Felpham), he produced a diverse and symbolically rich oevre, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God" or "human existence itself".

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• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1979836906
• ISBN 13: 9781979836906
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 40