William Blake by Bill Gillham

William Blake by Bill Gillham

A critical introduction to William Blake's poetry, which concentrates on the most accessible of Blake's writings, but which also gives careful consideration to the longer prophetic works. Biographical material has been kept to a minimum, allowing a full concentration on the poetry itself. Professor Gillham maintains that The Songs should be viewed as a dramatic unity and that their interpretation is not aided by a study of the later prophetic works as has so often been maintained. He analyses Blake's lapse from the deceptively simple clarity of The Songs into the strained, obscure and abstract manner of the later poems in a way which, while helping the reader to a full appreciation of the early work, enables him at last to come to grips with the Prophecies.

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ISBN 13	9780521097352
ISBN 10	0521097355
Title	William Blake
Author	Bill Gillham
Series	British And Irish Authors
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1973-03-08
Number of pages	232
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