Songs of Innocence & Experience; Plus the Marriage of Heaven & Hell. with 50 Original Colour Illustrations. (Aziloth Books)

Name: Songs of Innocence & Experience; Plus the Marriage of Heaven & Hell. with 50 Original Colour Illustrations. (Aziloth Books)
Author: William Blake

Auteur: William Blake

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: William Blake

Engels
Paperback
9781909735781
31 maart 2015
122 pagina's

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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 œuvre, which embraced the imagination as ""the body of God"" or ""human existence itself"".

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Born in London in 1757, William Blake soon showed evidence of his artistic talent. His father, a hosier, encouraged the boy's gifts, and Blake was apprenticed at 14 to the engraver James Basire, after which he began illustrating and printing his own works of poetry. First published in 1789, 'Songs of Innocence' was followed four years later by 'Songs of Experience', with a combined edition reaching the bookstalls in 1794. The two collections explore the naive joys of childhood and the darker, more jaundiced view that life imposes as the infant grows to maturity. But Blake does not use this dichotomy to bemoan a sentimental loss of innocence; rather, he uses the poems to reveal the limitations of both views. Dark and evil forces do exist in the world and it is foolish to ignore them; but equally, joy and love pervade the Universe, and to deny their presence is equally undiscerning. In Blake's view, we need both to progress, a thesis that is explored in detail in his second work, 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'. More than 50 colour illustrations, taken from the originals of both works, are scattered throughout the text, in accordance with Blake's own belief that his poems and paintings form an integral whole. These are works of great depth and discrimination, that reveal further levels of understanding - and greater insight into the mysteries of human existence - with each successive reading."

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 31 maart 2015
Aantal pagina's: 122
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Hoofdauteur: William Blake
Hoofduitgeverij: Aziloth Books

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Verpakking breedte: 127 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 12 mm
Verpakking lengte: 188 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 170 g

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