Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul, 1789-1794 (Oxford Paperbacks)

William Blake

ISBN 10: 0192810898 / ISBN 13: 9780192810892

Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 1970

Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an indepedent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretention and falsity in others. His Songs of Innocence are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the Songs of Experience resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind. The Songs of Innocence and Experience , containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originallly etched and coloured by hand are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them. Seller Inventory # GOR008672001

Synopsis:

Here is a beautifully illustrated edition of Blake's classic poems. The text of each poem is given in letterpress on the page facing the color plate, and a brief commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes on each poem follows. It is printed on paper especially manufactured to match the tint of that
used by Blake.

About the Author: William Blake (1757-1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Songs of Innocence and of Experience: ...
Publisher: Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: William Blake
Condition: Fine