Selected Poems (Blake, William) (Penguin Classics)

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Author

Publication

2006-03-28 - Penguin Classics

Language

English

Word Count

76,000 words, Guess

Page Count

304 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL7354639M
ISBN-139780140424461
ISBN-100140424466
OCLC Control Number62760709
Goodreads573246

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LibraryThing578336

Classifications

LCCPR4142

Description

Writer and religious rebel, William Blake ((1757-1827) sowed the seeds for Romanticism in his innovative poems concerning faith and the visions that inspired him throughout his life. Whether describing his own spirituality, the innocence of youth or the corruption caused by mankind, his writings depict a world in which spirits dominate and the mind is the gateway to Heaven. This collection of his greatest works spans his entire poetic life from the early, exquisite lyrics of Poetic Sketches to his Songs of Innocence and Experience - a compelling exploration of good and evil. Together, they illuminate a self-made realm that has fascinated artists and poets as diverse as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Yeats and Ginsberg.