Scholars of the Gothic have long recognised Blake's affinity with the genre. Yet, to date, no major scholarly study focused on Blake's intersection with the Gothic exists. William Blake's gothic imagination seeks to redress this disconnect. The papers here do not simply identify Blake's Gothic conve[...]
The secret and mystical sexual practices at the heart of William Blake's creative and spiritual life
- Reveals newly discovered family documents connecting Blake's mother and Blake himself to Moravian and Swedenborgian erotic and visionary experimentation
- Shows Blake had access to kabbalis[...]
Romanticism gained traction in the late 1700s as writers moved away from the intellectualism of the Enlightenment and toward more emotional and natural themes. The major works of the movement s five most famous poets William Wordsworth, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Samuel Taylor Coleri[...]
Though his extraordinary talent went largely unrecognized during his own lifetime, British painter and poet William Blake is now regarded as one of the most important creative figures of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. Characterized by their mystical but accessible quality, Blake[...]
The Art of Fine Gifts: William Blake was a key figure in the Romantic Movement, thanks not only to his poetry but also his paintings. Although Blake produced a great amount of works during his lifetime it was not until after his death that his work and political views became prolific. This calendar [...]
Rich and delicate, ethereal and muscular, the art of William Blake is as fascinating as the philosophies threading through his poetry and prophetic works. Presented here in this magnificent new collection, his vivid paintings and gently weaving illustrations are imprinted in the consciousness of Rom[...]
More than a century-and-a-half after his death, William Blake remains a truly remarkable and controversial figure. Equally gifted as poet and painter, he produced work as arresting for its beauty as for its strangeness. For some he is an inspiring genius, a source of creativity and insight; for othe[...]
"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 [...]
A comprehensive catalogue detailing the life and work of the artist William Blake, arranged chronologically and outlining the development of his influence and career from apprenticeship to his final years. Blake was a radical, challenging both perception and belief, he created words and images that [...]
This is a selection of the poet's work, including all the great lyrics and the more important prophetic books. In her introduction the poet and critic expounds Blake's esoteric theory and shows how it helped to create a poetry which is unlike any other.[...]
Contains the full text of "Songs of Innocence", "Songs of Experience", a selection from the Prophetic Books and his didactic poems and prose writings which reveal Blake as a major Romantic poet. Also included are a number of short poems which were unpublished in Blake's lifetime.[...]
William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Experience" contain some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, which are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originally etched and coloured by hand ar[...]
The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This monumental volume presents for the first time ever the complete works of William Blake, featuring all of the poetry and the entire corpus of engravings and paintings, as well as the usual De[...]
William Blake Complete Works World's Best CollectionThis is the world's best William Blake collection, including the most complete set of Blake's works available plus many free bonus materials.William BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet and painter. Although unrecognized during his lifetime, Blak[...]
Imagination ablaze: Dante, Blake, and epic visions of heaven and hell Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, TheDivine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The epic poem describ[...]
Imagination AblazeWilliam Blake's spectacular illustrations for "The Divine Comedy" Celebrated around the world as a literary monument, The Divine Comedy, completed in 1321 and written by Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), is widely considered the greatest work ever composed in the Italian language. The [...]