A Guide To The Books Of William Blake For Innocent And Experienced Readers

Author : Henry Summerfield
Publisher : Colin Smythe Publication
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 888 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to the Books of William Blake for Innocent and Experienced Readers written by Henry Summerfield and published by Colin Smythe Publication. This book was released on 1998 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writings of William Blake were not understood by his contemporaries or the Victorians, and it was only in 1910, with the publication of Joseph Wicksteed's Blake's Vision of the Book of Job, that the long process of comprehending Blake's works seriously began. Part 1 of the present work consists of twelve chapters that are primarily intended to lead the reader who has little or no acquaintance with Blake's more difficult works through all his books. These consist of Poetical Sketches, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, three early prose tractates, the eleven shorter prophetic books (including The Marriage of Heaven and Hell), the lyrics of the Pickering Manuscript, The Four Zoas, Milton, Jerusalem, The Gates of Paradise, The Ghost of Abel and Illustrations of The Book of Job. The reader who wishes to explore a work more fully can proceed to Part II, where a headnote outlines the main scholarly views of its structure and meaning. There are two indexes providing ready access to explanations of terms and proper names.

Author : William Blake
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691037905
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Innocence and of Experience written by William Blake and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preface by David Bindman, General Editor. Foreword. List of Abbreviations. Introduction. The Plates with a transcription of the text. Plates From Other Copies. Commentary on the text and the plates. Appendix. Works Cited.

Author : William Blake
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 807 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Illuminated Books of William Blake (Unabridged - With All The Original Illustrations) written by William Blake and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-19 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Illuminated Books of William Blake (Unabridged - With All The Original Illustrations)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Taking his inspiration from the illuminated manuscripts of the middle ages, Blake invented the process of creating Illuminated Books. Between 1788 and early 1795 Blake published a series of fifteen Illuminated Books. He returned to creating Illuminated Books in 1804 when he began work on Milton (finished in 1808 or later) and Jerusalem. Blake committed himself in the minute particulars of producing his Illuminated Books. The process included creating a mental image, drawing, composing the design and poetry of the plate, engraving, printing, painting, compiling and selling. From inception to final production the color copy of Jerusalem was labored over for sixteen years. William Blake (1757 – 1827) was a British poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver, who illustrated and printed his own books. Blake proclaimed the supremacy of the imagination over the rationalism and materialism of the 18th-century. 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.

Author : william william blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake Annotated Edition Classics written by william william blake and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stylish reissue of Blake's timeless work is sumptuously packaged in burnt-orange casing with gold sprayed edges, which allude to the treasures within. Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a rare and wonderful book, its seeming simplicity belying its visionary wisdom. Internationally recognised as a masterpiece of English literature, it also occupies a key position in the history of western art. This unique edition of the work allows Blake to communicate with his readers as he intended, reproducing Blake's own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work. In this way, readers can experience the mystery and beauty of Blake's poems as he first created them, discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol and meaning that connects word and image. Each poem is accompanied by a literal transcription, and the volume is introduced by the renowned historian and critic, Richard Holmes. This beautiful edition of The Songs of Innocence and Experience will be essential for those familiar with Blake's work, but also offers an ideal way into his visionary world for those encountering Blake for the first time.

Author : Sarah Haggarty
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137382457
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Blake - Songs of Innocence and of Experience written by Sarah Haggarty and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake's best-known work, containing such familiar poems as 'London', 'Sick Rose' and 'The Tyger'. Evolving over the author's lifetime, the collection was printed by Blake himself on his own press. This Reader's Guide: - Explains the unique development of Songs as an illuminated book - Considers the earliest reactions to the text during Blake's lifetime, and his gathering posthumous reputation in the nineteenth century - Explores modern critical approaches and recent debates - Discusses key topics that have been of abiding interest to critics, including the relationship between text and image in Blake's 'composite art' Insightful and stimulating, this introductory guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who is seeking to navigate their way through the mass of criticism surrounding Blake's most widely-studied work.

Author : William Blake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of Innocence and Experience written by William Blake and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-28 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Songs of Innocence and Experience is a rare and wonderful book, its seeming simplicity belying its visionary wisdom. Internationally recognized as a masterpiece of English literature, it also occupies a key position in the history of western art. This unique edition of the work allows Blake to communicate with his readers as he intended, reproducing Blake's own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work. Please provide your review after purchase for our future enhancements.

Author : Brendan Cooper
Publisher : Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781787072206
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience written by Brendan Cooper and published by Peter Lang Limited, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, aimed at A Level and undergraduate students, explores the subtleties and contradictions of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, asking key questions about the poet's life and art and providing an engaging and accessible introduction to his work.

Author : Morris Eaves
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521786775
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to William Blake written by Morris Eaves and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-23 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poet, painter, and engraver William Blake died in 1827 in obscure poverty with few admirers. The attention paid today to his remarkable poems, prints, and paintings would have astonished his contemporaries. Admired for his defiant, uncompromising creativity, he has become one of the most anthologized and studied writers in English and one of the most studied and collected British artists. His urge to cast words and images into masterpieces of revelation has left us with complex, forceful, extravagant, some times bizarre works of written and visual art that rank among the greatest challenges to plain understanding ever created. This Companion aims to provide guidance to Blake s work in fresh and readable introductions: biographical, literary, art historical, political, religious, and bibliographical. Together with a chronology, guides to further reading, and glossary of terms, they identify the key points of departure into Blake s multifarious world and work.

Author : Nancy Willard
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780812404661
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Visit to William Blake's Inn written by Nancy Willard and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 1982-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems describing a curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's Inn.

Author : Laura Quinney
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674054466
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book William Blake on Self and Soul written by Laura Quinney and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been clear from the beginning that William Blake was both a political radical and a radical psychologist, and in William Blake on Self and Soul Laura Quinney uses her sensitive, surprising readings of the poet to reveal his innovative ideas about the experience of subjectivity.