Reading William Blake

Reading William Blake
Author: Saree Makdisi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2015-04-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521763037

A new, exciting and accessible approach to reading William Blake, in which leading scholar Saree Makdisi explores key themes.

A Guide to the Books of William Blake for Innocent and Experienced Readers

A Guide to the Books of William Blake for Innocent and Experienced Readers
Author: Henry Summerfield
Publisher: Colin Smythe Publication
Total Pages: 888
Release: 1998
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

The writings of William Blake were not understood by his contemporaries or the Victorians, and it was only in 1910, with the publication of Joseph Wicksteed's Blake's Vision of the Book of Job, that the long process of comprehending Blake's works seriously began. Part 1 of the present work consists of twelve chapters that are primarily intended to lead the reader who has little or no acquaintance with Blake's more difficult works through all his books. These consist of Poetical Sketches, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, three early prose tractates, the eleven shorter prophetic books (including The Marriage of Heaven and Hell), the lyrics of the Pickering Manuscript, The Four Zoas, Milton, Jerusalem, The Gates of Paradise, The Ghost of Abel and Illustrations of The Book of Job. The reader who wishes to explore a work more fully can proceed to Part II, where a headnote outlines the main scholarly views of its structure and meaning. There are two indexes providing ready access to explanations of terms and proper names.

A Visit to William Blake's Inn

A Visit to William Blake's Inn
Author: Nancy Willard
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1981
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780152938222

A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests and residents, human and animal, at William Blake's inn.

Reading William Blake

Reading William Blake
Author: S. Behrendt
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 236
Release: 1992-03-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

William Blake's illuminated poems challenge their readers to participate fully in a highly interactive process of reading. The complex interaction of their verbal and visual texts forces the involved reader to assume greater responsibility than usual for formulating meaning. This book examines some of the ways in which Blake's illuminated poems subvert the customary authority of texts and force readers to reassess both their expectations about reading and their customary responses to words and visual images alike.

Songs of Innocence

Songs of Innocence
Author: William Blake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 35
Release: 1789
Genre: Illumination of books and manuscripts
ISBN:

Blake's Selected Poems

Blake's Selected Poems
Author: William Blake
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2012-03-27
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 048611418X

Features 104 of Blake's poems: "A Song of Liberty," "The Argument," "Proverbs of Hell," "The Mental Traveller," "The Land of Dreams," "To the Evening Star" and many more.

William Blake

William Blake
Author: William Blake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2009
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500600252

In his illuminated books,William Blake combined his handwritten text with his exuberant imagery on pages the like of which had not been seen since the great decorated books of the Middle Ages. To read such books as Jerusalem, America and Songs of Innocence and of Experience in cold letterpress bears no comparison to seeing and reading them as Blake conceived them, infused with his sublime and exhilarating colours. At times tiny figures and forms dance among the lines of the text, flames appear to burn up the page, and dense passages of Biblical-sounding text are brought to a jarring halt by startling images of death, destruction and liberation. This edition, produced together with The William Blake Trust, contains all the pages of Blakes twenty or so illuminated books reproduced in true size, an appendix with all Blakes text set in type and an introduction by the noted Blake scholar, David Bindman. They can at last become part of the lives of all lovers of art and poetry.

William Blake

William Blake
Author: Martin Myrone
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0691198314

"William Blake is a universal artist--an inspiration to visual artists, musicians, poets, and performers worldwide as well as everyone who aspires to the ideals of personal, spiritual, and creative liberty. His heroic story has inspired an invigorated generations. His personal struggles during a period of political terror and oppression, his technical innovations, and his political commitment all remain deeply relevant today. This book presents a comprehensive overview of Blake's work as a printmaker, poet, and painter, foregrounding his relationship with the art world of his time and telling the stories behind many of his most iconic images."--

Favorite Works of William Blake

Favorite Works of William Blake
Author: William Blake
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-02-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9780486290867

Gift set includes Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience, and The Marriage of Heaven and Hell.

Milton a Poem, and the Final Illuminated Works

Milton a Poem, and the Final Illuminated Works
Author: William Blake
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1993
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780691001487

Milton is a difficult and cryptic poem for those uninitiated in the ways of Blake's allusive and allegorical style. In an introductory essay, the editors directly address the nature of the poem's complexity, demonstrate how Blake's methods set out to disconcert conventional concepts of time, space, and human identity, and suggest some ways readers coming to Milton for the first time can understand and enjoy the challenges it offers. The editors also present a plate-by-plate commentary on how the illustrations contribute to the creation of a composite, visual-verbal experience. The extensive notes to the newly-edited letterpress text will also assist readers through Milton, its central themes and its byways, its heights and its depths. An equally helpful introduction and notes are provided for the three shorter works. Scholars will find much new information in this volume.