William Blake
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- William Blake(1757-1827)
- Personal Life
- Born London 1757
- Father saw artistic talent- sent him to drawing school
- worked as, engraver, illustrator & drawing teacher
- Wrote poetry in this time
- first published collection 'poetical Sketches'-1783
- 'songs of experience'- 1793
- 'songs of innocence'- 1789
- combined edition 'songs of innocence and experience'- 1793
- shows the two contrary states of the human soul.
- combined edition 'songs of innocence and experience'- 1793
- published almost all work himself
- poems, illistrations and dectotive images etched by hand into copper plates
- plates inked to make prints colored with paint
- expensive and labor-intensive production
- limited circulation of blake's work
- expensive and labor-intensive production
- plates inked to make prints colored with paint
- poems, illistrations and dectotive images etched by hand into copper plates
- first published collection 'poetical Sketches'-1783
- Father saw artistic talent- sent him to drawing school
- Pronounced failure
- resentment and anxiety about public apathy towards his work
- financial failure 1809
- depression and withdrew into obscurity
- only in the 20th century did people start to appreciate his work
- depression and withdrew into obscurity
- financial failure 1809
- resentment and anxiety about public apathy towards his work
- Born London 1757
- political radicalism intensified during years leading to french revolution
- begun 7-book poem about revolution
- book either destroyed or incomplete
- only first book survives
- book either destroyed or incomplete
- disproved of enlightenment rationalism, of institutionalized religion and the tradition of mirage in its conventional, legal and social form.
- begun 7-book poem about revolution
- 1790's & after
- poetic voice shift from lyric to prophetic mode
- series of long prophetic books including 'Milton' & 'jerusalem'
- books linked with intricate mythology and symbolism of blake's own creation
- poetic voice shift from lyric to prophetic mode
- EG POEMS- THE LAMB, THE TYGER
- Personal Life
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