Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience (Annotated)

Songs of Innocence, and Songs of Experience (Annotated)

by William Blake
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 11/12/2014

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Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an illustrated collection of poetry by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume titled Songs of Innocence and of Experience Showing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul.
This edition has been formatted for your reader, with an active tale of contents.  It has also been annotated, with extensive additional information about the poems and the author, including an overview, additional information about individual poems, musical settings, biographical and bibliographical information.

ISBN:
1230000285247
1230000285247
Category:
Poetry anthologies (various poets)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
11-12-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bronson Tweed Publishing
William Blake

William Blake was born in London in 1757. He was apprenticed to a master engraver and then studied at the Royal Academy under the guidance of Joshua Reynolds. In 1789 he engraved and published Songs of Innocence and the contrasting Songs of Experience came later in 1794. A poet, painter and printmaker of great originality and imagination, his work was largely unrecognized during his lifetime and he struggled to make a living. Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. He died in 1827.

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