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Informationen zum Autor William Blake (1757 - 1827) was the son of a London hosier. Having attended Henry Parr's drawing school, he was apprenticed as an engraver to the Society of Antiquaries in 1772 and later was admitted to teh Royal Academy. He married in 1782 and published his first work, Poetical Sketches, in 1783. The first of his 'illuminated books' was Songs of Innocence in 1789. Blake's work over the next twenty years chart the refining of his ideas and beliefs, from a recognition of repression in Songs of Experience to his epic works Milton and Jerusalem whihc present a renewed vision of reconciliation between humanity. Alicia Ostriker is Professor of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA. Klappentext One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake was also an artist, mystic, and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Experience-which juxtapose poems such as "The Lamb" and "The Tyger," and "The Blossom" and "The Sick Rose"-to highly elaborate, apocalyptic works, such as The Four Zoas, Milton and Jerusalem. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, religion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generations. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung One of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist, poet, mystic and visionary. Throughout his life Blake drew on a rich heritage of philosophy, religion and myth, to create a poetic worlds illuminated by his spiritual and revolutionary beliefs that have fascinated, intrigued and enchanted readers for generations. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Complete PoemsPreface Table of Dates Further Reading The Poems Poetical Sketches Miscellaneous Poems King Edward the Third Dramatic Fragments Poems Written in a Copy of Poetical Sketches Songs from "An Island in the Moon" There is No Natural Religion [a, b] All Religions Are One The Book of Thel Tiriel Songs of Innocence and of Experience Songs of Innocence Songs of Experience Notebook Poems and Fragments, c. 1789-93 The French Revolution The Marriage of Heaven and Hell A Song of Liberty Visions of the Daughters of Albion America Europe The Song of Los Africa Asia The Book of Urizen The Book of Ahania The Book of Los Vala, or The Four Zoas Notes Written on the Pages of The Four Zoas Additional Fragments Three Poems, ?c. 1800 Poems from Letters Notebook Poems, c. 1800-1806 Poems from the Pickering Manuscript Milton Dedication to Blake's Illustrations to Blair's Grave Notebook Epigrams and Satiric Verses, c. 1808-12 Miscellaneous Verses and Epigrams Verse from the Marginalia to Reynolds's Discourses Verse from the Advertisement to Blake's Exhibition of Paintings, 1809 Epigrams from A Descriptive Catalogue Epigrams from "Public Address" Jerusalem The Everlasting Gospel For the Sexes: The Gates of Paradise The Ghost of Abel Notes Dictionary of Proper Names Note to the Indexes Index of Titles Index of First Lines ...
