Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the two Contrary States of the Human Soul

by William Blake

2021-01-09 02:54:30

Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an indepedent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretention and falsity in others. His Songs of Innocence are products of this i... Read more
Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an indepedent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretention and falsity in others. His Songs of Innocence are products of this innocent imagination untainted byworldliness, while the Songs of Experience resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind.The Songs of Innocence and Expereince, containing some of Blake''s finest and best-loved poems, are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originallly etched and coloured by hand are faithfullyreproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them. Less

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File size7.99 X 5.31 X 0.51 in
Print pages156
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date October 1, 1970
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780192810892
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of t...

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