William Blake

William Blake's "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience" stands as a cornerstone of English Romantic poetry. This collection presents two contrasting perspectives on the human condition. "Songs of Innocence" explores themes of childhood, pastoral beauty, and divine love, reflecting a world of naive wonder and uncorrupted joy. "Songs of Experience" delves into the darker realities of adulthood, grappling with social injustice, oppression, and the loss of innocence. Blake's visionary verse captures the spirit of 18th-century England, offering profound insights into the complexities of the human soul. Through vivid imagery and symbolic language, he examines the interplay between innocence and experience, good and evil, freedom and constraint. This edition meticulously recreates the historical text, preserving the original power and beauty of Blake's timeless poetry for readers to appreciate. A foundational work in English literature, "Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience" continues to resonate with its profound meditations on life, faith, and the nature of existence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

A beautiful and faithfully reproduced slipcase edition of the best-selling, revolutionary publication from one of history's most visionary artists. Widely recognised as a masterpiece of English literature, Songs of Innocence and of Experience also occupies a key position in the history of Western art. This unique edition, newly reissued in a slipcase, sees William Blake communicating with his readers as he intended — reproducing his own illumination and lettering from the finest existing example of the original work. In this way, readers can experience the mystery and beauty of Blake's poems as he first created them, discovering for themselves the intricate web of symbol and meaning that connects word and image. Each poem is accompanied by a literal transcription, and the volume is introduced by the renowned historian and critic, Richard Holmes. This beautiful edition of Songs of Innocence and of Experience will be essential for those familiar with Blake's work, but also offers an ideal way into his world for those encountering him for the first time.

William Blake (1757-1827), known for his estimable character, was one of the earliest poets of the Romantic Revival. He both wrote and drew poems, as seen in the included illustrations.

One of the most important books of illustrated poetry in English literature, William Blake’s Songs of Innocence was meticulously relief-etched, printed and coloured in 1789. A unique work of composite art, it contains some of Blake’s most enduring and popular poems, delicately illustrated with his exquisite and idiosyncratic designs. This beautiful book reproduces in colour the twenty-seven pages of the Bodleian Library’s copy of Songs of Innocence together with page-facing transcriptions and an introduction on Blake, his life and work, his illuminated printing process and the genre and continuing influence of Songs of Innocence. Including the much-loved ‘Nurse’s Song’, ‘Little Boy Lost’ and ‘Spring’, Blake’s captivating lyrics celebrate childhood as a period of harmony and spontaneity, where the defining traits of the world are compassion, empathy and love.

《耶路撒冷-宏偉阿爾比恩之展現》是英國詩人、藝術家和版畫家威廉-布萊克最後、最長、與影響深遠的預言書， 書成於1804-1820年。該書採用蝕刻文字和巨大的全版插圖， 描述英國與全世界的傾毀、過渡、與重生。布萊克兩百年前所預視， 時至今日依然準確進行。

This pack of 55 playing cards features 9 separate paintings that Blake based on Shakespearean subjects. Shakespeare and Blake: two of the greatest names in English history. William Shakespeare (1564-1616), the most extraordinary playwright the world has ever known. William Blake (1757 to 1827); poet, visionary, painter and engraver. William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. Blake worked to bring about a change both in the social order and in the minds of men. Though in his lifetime his work was largely neglected or dismissed, he is now considered one of the leading lights of English poetry, and his work has only grown in popularity. Shakespeare needs no introduction: England''s greatest dramatist, celebrated the world over.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Tämä teos sisältää William Blaken The Bible of Hell -trilogian runoelmien alkutekstit, suomennokset, synopsikset ja kommentaarit. William Blake kirjoitti nämä runoelmat Lontoossa samaan aikaan kun Ranskan Suuren vallankumouksen Terrorin kauden (1793-1794) veriset jälkimainingit järkyttivät Eurooppaa. Trilogia on heprealaisen Raamatun kahden ensimmäisen Mooseksen kirjan eli Genesiksen ja Exoduksen radikaali ja monitulkintainen uudelleenkirjoitus. Kirjassa on lisäksi suomentajan artikkeli Blaken runouden gnostilaisista piirteistä. Merkitsevästi William Blake ei milloinkaan kaunokirjallisessa tuotannossaan käytä käsitteitä 'gnosis' tai 'gnostikko' tai 'gnostilaisuus', mutta monin paikoin hänen elämäänsä koskevissa dokumenteissa ilmenee, että antiikin gnostilaisuus oli hänen taiteensa merkittävä innoittaja. Milloinkaan Blaken tuotannossa tämä ei ole yhtä selvää kuin juuri hänen nk. The Bible of Hell-trilogian kohdalla, joka klassikkotutkimuksen S. Foster Damon: A Blake Dictionary - The Ideas and Symbols of William Blake (1965/1988) mukaan käsittää Lambethin kauden epiikkaa edustavat runoelmat The Book of Urizen (1794), The Book of Ahania (1795) ja The Book of Los (1795). Englantilainen runoilija & kuvataiteilija William Blake (1757-1827) oli profetaalinen visionääri ja individualistinen edelläkävijä valistuksen ja romantiikan taitekohdassa, Valon ja Varjon, apollonisen ja dionyysisen, Päivän ja Yön välimaastossa sijaitsevassa ikuisen hämärän maassa. Nykyisin William Blake on yksi tunnustetuimpia ja tutkituimpia brittiläisen runouden klassikoita ja hänen omaleimaisia kuvataiteellis-kaunokirjallisia visioitaan pidetään paitsi romantiikan ensiairuina myös symbolismin ja surrealismin hyvin varhaisina enteinä 1700-1800-lukujen taitteen eurooppalaisessa taideilmapiirissä. Aikalaisiltaan Blake ei kuitenkaan juuri saanut osakseen arvostusta, vaan hänen tuotantonsa herätti laajemmin kiinnostusta vasta 1900-luvulla. Kun irlantilainen teosofi-runoilija ja Blaken koottujen runojen toimittaja William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) sai kaunokirjallisuuden Nobel-palkinnon vuonna 1923, Blaken tie maailmanmaineeseen alkoi kehkeytyä. Lopullinen läpimurto tapahtui 1960-1970-lukujen Yhdysvalloissa, jossa Vietnamin sotaa vastustava rauhanaktivismi ja hippiliike suhtautuivat pasifistisen Blaken runouteen suurella hartaudella: Blaken runosäkeistä innoittuivat mm. Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon ja Jim Morrison, mutta hänen tajunnanvirrastaan vaikuttuivat myös beat-kirjailijat Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs ja Allen Ginsberg.