Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Oxford University Press · Print & ebook · October 1, 1970
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- Who it’s for
- Blake’s poems and hand-coloured designs invite close attention to imagination, indignation, and human suffering.
- Genres
- British & Irish Poetry, Romanticism Art History, English, Irish & Scottish Collections
- Published
- Oxford University Press, October 1, 1970
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Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an indepedent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretention and falsity in others. His Songs of Innocence are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the Songs of Experience resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind.
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The Songs of Innocence and Expereince, containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations. The fifty-four plates which Blake originallly etched and coloured by hand are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them.
Poetry in Pictures
Blake’s poems and hand-coloured designs invite close attention to imagination, indignation, and human suffering.
Come here for
- Poetry where art and imagination are inseparable
- Blake’s contrast between innocence and worldly experience
Expect
- Fifty-four plates faithfully reproduce Blake’s original etched designs
- A meeting of poetry and visual art
Where it sits
| British & Irish Poetry | 92% |
|---|---|
| Romanticism Art History | 39% |
| English, Irish & Scottish Collections | 30% |
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Publisher categories
- British & Irish Poetry
- Authors
- William Blake, Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Geoffrey L. Keynes
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Published
- October 1, 1970
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- British & Irish Poetry