Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake's best-known work, containing such familiar poems as 'London', 'Sick Rose' and 'The Tyger'. Evolving over the author's lifetime, the collection was printed by Blake himself on his own press.
This Reader's Guide:
- Explains the unique development of Songs as an illuminated book
- Considers the earliest reactions to the text during Blake's lifetime, and his gathering posthumous reputation in the nineteenth century
- Explores modern critical approaches and recent debates
- Discusses key topics that have been of abiding interest to critics, including the relationship between text and image in Blake's 'composite art'
Insightful and stimulating, this introductory guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who is seeking to navigate their way through the mass of criticism surrounding Blake's most widely-studied work.
| ISBN: | 9780230220102 |
| Publication date: | 28th November 2013 |
| Author: | Sarah Haggarty, Jon Mee |
| Publisher: | Red Globe Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism |
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake's best-known work, containing such familiar poems as 'London', 'Sick Rose' and 'The Tyger'. Evolving over the author's lifetime, the collection was printed by Blake himself on his own press.This Reader's Guide:- Explains the unique development of Songs as an illuminated book- Considers the earliest reactions to the text during Blake's lifetime, and his gathering posthumous reputation in the nineteenth century - Explores modern critical approaches and recent debates- Discusses key topics that have been of abiding interest to critics, including the relationship between text and image in Blake's 'composite art'Insightful and stimulating, this introductory guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who is seeking to navigate their way through the mass of criticism surrounding Blake's most widely-studied work.
William Blake features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism
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William Blake was written by Sarah Haggarty, Jon Mee and published by Red Globe Press an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
William Blake has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism series
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