On the Minor Prophecies of William Blake

On the Minor Prophecies of William Blake
Author: Emily S. Hamblen
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Total Pages: 424
Release: 1968
Genre: Literary Criticism
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From her study of Blake's prophetic books the author has evolved a theory with regard to his symbolism: that a system, a structural plan, based upon ancient scriptural source has been followed by the poet. "Just as Amy Lowell gave herself to the interpreting of Keats, Boswell to Johnson, Rolland to Beethoven, so Emily Hamblen has made this dedication to Blake at a time when such a study is most needed. In its scholarly integrity, its insight, its clarity & completeness, it is the fruit of many years of self-directed study."--NEW YORK TIMES.

The Minor Prophecies

The Minor Prophecies
Author: William Blake
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2018-05-15
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ISBN: 9781719216920

The 5th volume of the bilingual Collection of Works by William Blake (1757-1827) includes his eight "prophetic books" written in 1780-1795: "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell" (1790-1903), "Visions of the Daughters of Albion", "America a Prophecy", (1793), "Europe a Prophecy", "The Book of Urizen" (1794), "The Song of Los" "The Book of Achania" and "The Book of Los" (1795). The Russian translations by D. Smirnov-Sadovsky are provided with detailed commentary and published for the first time. Meladina Books Series, St Albans, England. D. Smirnov-Sadovsky is a pseudonym of a composer Dmitri N. Smirnov. He was born in 1948 in Minsk, graduated from Moscow Conservatory. More than 40 of Smirnov's music works reflect his fascination with the poetry and art of William Blake. That includes operas "Tiriel" and "Thel", First Symphony ("The Seasons"), oratorio "A Song of Liberty", etc. Since 1991 Smirnov have been resident of England. He began to translate English poetry into Russian in 1968. Living 25 years in England he has completed the translation of practically all literary works of William Blake and also wrote his full-length biography (available at Amazon).