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William Blake: Poet, Artist, Prophet
William Blake (1757-1827) William Blake in a portrait by Thomas Phillips.
William Blake 1. Life • Born into a family of humble origin in 1757. • Trained as an engraver, he practised this craft until he died. • Deeply aware of the great political and social issues of his age. William Blake, Portrait of Newton, 1795 OnlyConnect ... New Directions
William Blake 1. Life • A political freethinker, he supported the French Revolution and remained a radical throughout his life. • Strong sense of religion. William Blake, Portrait of Newton, 1795 OnlyConnect ... New Directions
William Blake 1. Life • The most important literary influence in his life was the Bible. • He claimed he had visions. • Died in 1827. William Blake, Portrait of Newton, 1795 OnlyConnect ... New Directions
William Blake 2. Blake the poet • An individual poet, both in terms of his personal visionand technique. • Contemporary of the American War of Independenceand the French Revolution. OnlyConnect ... New Directions
William Blake 2. Blake the poet • Explored the timeless struggle between the role of law and reason and the powers of love and imagination. • Used symbols as part of a deliberate attempt to avoid any kind of realism it is the “real” world
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William blake biography
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William Blake
William Blake London 1757-1827
Blake’s life • Poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver; • illustrated and printed his own books; • belonged to lower class family • no formal education: • first educated at home, chiefly by his mother • at ten attended a drawing school • at fourteen apprenticed as an engraver • from his early years, he experienced visions of angels and ghostly monks: • he saw and conversed with the angel Gabriel, the Virgin Mary, and various historical figures.
Blake’s works • His early poems at the age of 12. • 1783 - first book of poems, “Poetical Sketches”. • 1789 - “Songs of innocence”. • 1790 - 1793 “The marriage of Heaven and Hell”. In this work Blake expressed his revolt against the established values of his time and attacked the conventional religious views. "Prisons are built with stones of Law, brothels with bricks of Religion.". • 1791 – The French Revolution: a poem in seven books In this work he enthusiastically welcomed the French Revolution • 1793 - “America: A Prophecy”. • 1794 a combined version of “Songs of innocence and experience”. • 1794 “Europe : A Prophecy”. • 1794 “The Book of Urizen” • 1804 –1811 “Milton”: a poem • 1804 –1820 “Jerusalem”
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