Life of William Blake: With Selections from his Poems and Other Writings

ISBN-13: 9781108013680 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 480 str.

Alexander Gilchrist;Dante Gabriel Rossetti;William Michael Rossetti

Opis

Although today William Blake (1757 1827) is recognised as a visionary poet and artist, at the time of his death he was unknown except for his presumed insanity. This highly influential two-volume biography by the barrister Alexander Gilchrist, first published in 1863 and reissued here in its second edition (1880), rescued William Blake from almost complete obscurity. The accepted interpretation of his madness was challenged and his creative talents were brought to the attention of Victorian society by the inclusion of selected writings and artistic works, nearly all previously unpublished. Volume 2 contains a large selection of Blake's poetry and prose together with an annotated catalogue of his drawings and paintings."