Blake, W
Blake's Poetry and Designs (Norton Critical Editions)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780393924985
- author:
- Blake, W
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- W. W. Norton & Company
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 704
- Dimensions:
- 23.1 x 14.5 x 2.5 cm
- Genre:
- Literature
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
William Blake's Poetry and Designs offers a comprehensive exploration of the poet and artist's self-published works in illuminated printing. This revised edition features over 100 designs, including 16 in color, freshly annotated and re-edited complete texts of the illuminated books, and a generous selection of Blake's other writings. The book includes an expanded "Criticism" section with twenty appraisals of Blake's work from his own time to the present, as well as new material such as Robert Hunt's review of Blake's 1809 show. Additional features include an Introduction, guide to Key Terms, discussion of Textual Technicalities, chronology of Blake's Life and Times, Selected Bibliography, maps, Index of Sources, and Index of Titles and First Lines. This edition is enhanced by links to online resources such as the William Blake Archive, providing a rich context for readers to explore Blake's remarkable achievement as a poet and thinker.
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