William Blake
(1757 - 1827)
Timothy H. Wilson
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Portrait of William Blake (1807)by Thomas PhillipsNational Portrait Gallery, London
William Blake was both an accomplished visual artist and poet. His poetic output is inseparable from his visual artistry as the poetry Blake produced was on visual plates produced by means of his "infernal method".
Due to his influence on the poetic tradition, Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell is included on my list of the 101 Greatest Books. In addition, the following texts by Wordsworth are included in my list of 1001 Great Books of the Western Canon:
There is No Natural Religion (1788)
Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794)
The Book of Los (1795)
Milton (1810)
Jerusalem, the Emancipation of the Great Albion (1827)
Course Materials
Course Materials
On Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Lecture notes from an "Introduction to Poetry" course.
Reflections on the Great Books
Reflections on the Great Books
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790) -- Lecture notes on Blake's great poem
There is No Natural Religion (1788)
Songs of Innocence and Experience (1794)
The Book of Los (1795)
Milton (1810)
Jerusalem, the Emancipation of the Great Albion (1827)
External Links
External Links
On-line Texts by William Blake (at Project Gutenberg)
William Blake (at Wikipedia)
William Blake: An Introduction (at the On-line Library of Liberty)
William Blake (at the Poetry Foundation)
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