1. William Blake - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Encyclopedia article about the English poet and artist. Includes images and bibliography. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

William Blake From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding reliable references . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) For other persons named William Blake, see William Blake (disambiguation) William Blake William Blake in an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips Born November 28 London England Died August 12 London England Occupation Poet, Painter, Printmaker Literary movement Romanticism Influences the Bible Dante Milton Swedenborg Influenced Yeats Hart Crane William Blake November 28 August 12 ) was an English poet painter , and printmaker . Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. He was voted 38th in a poll of the 100 Greatest Britons organised by the BBC in 2002. According to Northrop Frye , who undertook a study of Blake's entire poetic corpus, his prophetic poems form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language." Others have praised Blake's visual artistry, at least one modern critic proclaiming Blake "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced."

2. William Blake William Blake, the son of a draper from Westminster, was born on 28th November, 1757. At the age of eleven Blake entered Par s Drawing School in the strand. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRblake.htm

William Blake Spartacus USA History British History Second World War ... Email William Blake, the son of a draper from Westminster , was born on 28th November, 1757. At the age of eleven Blake entered Par's Drawing School in the strand. Three years later he was indentured as an apprentice to James Basire, engraver to the Royal Society of Antiquaries. After marrying Catherine Boucher on 18th August 1782, Blake became a freelance engraver. His main employer was the radical bookseller, Joseph Johnson , and publisher of works by Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin . Johnson, who been involved in establishing London's first Unitarian Chapel in 1774, also influenced Blake's religious views. In 1784 Blake opened a print shop with James Parker at 27 Broad Street. The business was unsuccessful and by 1786 he was back working for Joseph Johnson . The following year Johnson introduced Blake to the radical circle of Mary Wollstonecraft William Godwin Joseph Priestley and Thomas Paine Blake began to experiment with a new method of engraving. The first of his illuminate

3. William Blake — Poet Seers William Blake was a poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver. During his life the prophetic message of his writings were understood by few and http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/blake

Sign up for Free Daily Poem of the Day Skip to content. Skip to navigation Site Map ... Contact Sections Search Site Home Poetic Themes The Great Poets Spiritual Poets ... About Personal tools PoetSeers The Poet Seers Blake Navigation Blake Poems of William Blake Auguries of Innocence by William Blake ... Books by Blake William Blake View: Songs of Innocence by Blake View: Songs of Experience by Blake View: Poetry of Blake William Blake at Amazon.com Biography of William Blake William Blake was a poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver. During his life the prophetic message of his writings were understood by few and misunderstood by many. However Blake is now widely admired for his soulful originality and lofty imagination. The poetry of William Blake is far reaching in its scope and range of experience. The poems of William Blake can offer a profound symbolism and also a delightful childlike innocence. Whatever the inner meaning of Blake's poetry we can easily appreciate the beautiful language and lyrical quality of his poetic vision. "To see a world in a grain of sand

4. William Blake --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on William Blake English engraver, artist, poet, and visionary, author of exquisite lyrics in Songs of Innocence http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9015583/William-Blake

var britAdCategory = "business"; Already a member? LOGIN Encyclopædia Britannica - the Online Encyclopedia Home Blog Advocacy Board ... Free Trial Britannica Online Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Introduction Visions of eternity Blake's religion Education as artist and engraver Career as engraver ... Reputation and influence Additional Reading Biographies Bibliographies Editions Reproductions of Blake's art ... Print this Table of Contents Linked Articles Henry Crabb Robinson Ezekiel William Hayley Shopping New! Britannica Book of the Year The Ultimate Review of 2007. 2007 Britannica Encyclopedia Set (32-Volume Set) Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. New! Britannica 2008 Ultimate DVD/CD-ROM The world's premier software reference source. William Blake Page 1 of 19 born Nov. 28, 1757, London, Eng. died Aug. 12, 1827, London William Blake, oil on canvas by Thomas Phillips, 1807; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Art Media/Heritage-Images English engraver, artist, poet, and visionary, author of exquisite lyrics in Songs of Innocence (1789) and Songs of Experience Visions of the Daughters of Albion The First Book of Urizen Milton Jerusalem Blake publication dates Blake, William...

5. William Blake - Books And Biography Read William Blake s literature for FREE at Read Print. http://www.readprint.com/author-8/William-Blake

Poetry A Poison Tree And Did Those Feet in Ancient Time Auguries of Innocence Holy Thursday ... Read Print William Blake Search within all works by William Blake To read literature by William Blake, select from the list on the left. William Blake (1757-1827) was born in London, where he spent most of his life. His father was a successful London hosier and attracted by the doctrines of Emmanuel Swedenborg. Blake was first educated at home, chiefly by his mother. His parents encouraged him to collect prints of the Italian masters, and in 1767 sent him to Henry Pars' drawing school. From his early years, he experienced visions of angels and ghostly monks, he saw and conversed with the angel Gabriel, the Virgin Mary, and various historical figures. At the age of 14 Blake was apprenticed for seven years to the engraver James Basire. Gothic art and architecture influenced him deeply. After studies at the Royal Academy School, Blake started to produce watercolors and engrave illustrations for magazines. In 1783 he married Catherine Boucher, the daughter of a market gardener. Blake taught her to draw and paint and she assisted him devoutly. In 1774 Blake opened with his wife and younger brother Robert a print shop at 27 Broad Street, but the venture failed after the death of Robert in 1787. Blake's important cultural and social contacts included Henry Fuseli, Reverend A.S. Mathew and his wife, John Flaxman (1755-1826), a sculptor and draftsman, Tom Paine, William Godwin, and Mrs Elizabeth Montagu (1720-1800), married to the wealthy grandson of the earl of Sandwich.

6. William Blake - Wikiquote Wikisource has original works written by or about William Blake. The Nonesuch Edition Poetry and Prose of William Blake, ed. Geoffrey Keynes pub. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Blake

William Blake From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation search If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake ) was an English poet, painter, printmaker, and essayist. Contents Sourced Poetical Sketches (1783) Annotations to Lavater (1788) Songs of Innocence (1789–1790) ... edit Sourced The archetype of the Creator is a familiar image in his work. Here, Blake depicts his demiurgic figure Urizen stooped in prayer, contemplating the world he has forged. The Song of Los is the third in a series of illuminated books painted by Blake and his wife, collectively known as the Continental Prophecies Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more. There Is No Natural Religion The true method of knowledge is experiment. All Religions are One There can be no Good Will. Will is always Evil; it is persecution to others or selfishness. Annotations to Swedenborg If a thing loves, it is infinite. Annotations to Swedenborg Does the Eagle know what is in the pit? Or wilt thou go ask the Mole?

7. The Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Special Exhibitions: William Blake William Blake (British, 1757–1827). Plate 1 Frontispiece, The Ancient of Days. The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University of Manchester, Great Britain. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/se_event.asp?OccurrenceId={6B4DE85F-20C3-11D4-9

8. Island Of Freedom - William Blake William Blake, a visionary English poet and painter who was a precursor of English Romanticism, combined the vocations of engraver, painter, and poet. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/BLAKE.HTM

Island of Freedom Homer Sophocles Virgil Ovid ... Auden To make light of philosophy is to be a true philosopher. Blaise Pascal Home Theologians Philosophers Poets ... Siddhartha William Blake PLACES: The William Blake Archive The Blake List Blake and Union William Blake POEMS: The Sick Rose Ah, Sun-flower! The Clod and the Pebble The Divine Image ... To the Muses William Blake, a visionary English poet and painter who was a precursor of English Romanticism, combined the vocations of engraver, painter, and poet. He was born on Nov. 28, 1757, the son of a London hosier. Blake spent all of his relatively quiet life in London except for a stay at Felpham, on the southern coast of England, from 1800 to 1803. Largely self-taught, Blake was, however, widely read, and his poetry shows the influence of the German mystic Jakob Boehme, for example, and of Swedenborgianism. As a child, Blake wanted to become a painter. He was sent to drawing school at age 10 and at the age of 14 was apprenticed to James Basire, an engraver. From sketching frequently at Westminster Abbey, he developed an interest in the Gothic style, which he combined with a taste for the art of Raphael, Michelangelo , and Durer. He exhibited his first artwork in 1780, married Catherine Boucher in 1782, and published his first poems

9. William Blake Quotes And Biography. William Blake Quotations. Read William Blake quotes, biography or a speech. QuoteDB offers a large collection of William Blake quotations, ratings and a picture. http://www.quotedb.com/authors/william-blake

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10. Literary Kicks : William Blake William Blake was one of those 19th century figures who could have and should have been beatniks, along with Rimbaud, Verlaine, Manet, Cezanne and Whitman. http://www.litkicks.com/WilliamBlake

Literary Kicks Opinions , Observations and Research We're incredibly proud of this book, the first anthology of LitKicks writings including selections from our poetry and fiction boards. The book was listed as a top poetry pick for 2004 by about.com. Bob Holman states that LitKicks has "found a new way to make an anthology open, free, and eternally interesting." The best way to buy a copy is on Amazon or visit this page to buy the book directly from us. William Blake by Levi Asher December 8, 1994 12:00 pm LA BOHEME BRITISH VISUAL ART "I can look at the knot in a piece of wood until it frightens me" William Blake William Blake was one of those 19th century figures who could have and should have been beatniks, along with Rimbaud , Verlaine, Manet, Cezanne and Whitman . He began his career as an engraver and artist, and was an apprentice to the highly original Romantic painter Henry Fuseli. In his own time he was valued as an artist, and created a set of watercolor illustrations for the Book of Job that were so wildly but subtly colored they would have looked perfectly at home in next month's issue of Wired He lived in a filthy London studio where he succumbed to constant visions of angels and prophets who instructed him in his work. He once painted while recieving a vision of Voltaire, and when asked later whether Voltaire spoke English, replied: "To my sensations it was English. It was like the touch of a musical key. He touched it probably French, but to my ear it became English."

11. William Blake - Literature Archive William blake william Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Though largely unrecognised during his http://www.literature-archive.com/authors/William-Blake

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12. William Blake William Blakehis story, his thought, and his impact on contemporary thoughtat Mythos Logos. With links galore! http://www.mythosandlogos.com/Blake.html

William Blake To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. - William Blake Links The William Blake Page The William Blake Archive The Blake Web William Blake at the Louvre ... , a film by Jim Jarmusch Books Blake : Poems (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) by William Blake Our Price: $8.75 Blake's Illustrations for the Book of Job by William Blake Our Price: $8.46 Blake's Poetry and Designs : Authoritative Texts, Illuminations in Color and Monochrome, Related Prose, Criticism by William Blake, John Ernest Grant, John F. Grant (Editor), Mary L. Johnson (Editor) Our Price: $20.60 The Book of Urizen : A Facsimile by William Blake Our Price: $3.96 The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake by William Blake, David V. Erdman (Editor), harol Bloom, William Golding (Editor) Our Price: $18.36 The Continental Prophecies : America : A Prophecy/Europe : A Prophecy/the Song of Los (Repr of 1995 Ed) by William Blake, D. W. Dorrbecker (Editor), David Worrall (Editor) Our Price: $29.75

13. William Blake William Blake (17571827). return to sonnet central return to 178th and 18th century sonneteers. To the Evening Star. Thou fair-hair d angel of the http://www.sonnets.org/blake.htm

William Blake (1757-1827) To the Evening Star Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening, Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown Put on, and smile upon our evening bed! Smile on our loves, and while thou drawest the Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on The lake; speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver. Soon, full soon, Dost thou withdraw; then the wolf rages wide, And the lion glares thro' the dun forest: The fleeces of our flocks are cover'd with Thy sacred dew: protect them with thine influence.

14. William Blake William Blake (17571827) produced books in a total act of self-publishing. He wrote the text, made relief etchings of the text (as mirror image) and the http://colophon.com/gallery/minsky/blake.htm

William Blake (1757-1827) produced books in a total act of self-publishing. He wrote the text, made relief etchings of the text (as mirror image) and the illustrations, printed and hand colored the pages. Another page from Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Return to the Essay Look at an egyptian papyrus with text and image done by hand Look at a 20th century Russian self-publication Look at cave paintings (20,000 year old self-publishing) Look at a contemporary American self-published artist book Copyight 1996 Text by Richard Minsky, Blake images thanks to Steven Marx of The Blake Multimedia Project

15. William Blake Celebrated 18th-Century Romantic Painter, Poet, And Though shunned and isolated in his own time, today he is celebrated as a revolutionary and mystic with a strong sense of personal vision. http://renaissance-art.suite101.com/article.cfm/william_blake

16. WebMuseum: Blake, William Thus william Blakepainter, engraver, and poetexplained why his work was filled with religious visions rather than with subjects from everyday life. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/blake/

Blake, William Blake, William (b. Nov. 28, 1757, Londond. Aug. 12, 1827, London) English poet, painter, engraver; one of the earliest and greatest figures of Romanticism . The most famous of Blake's lyrical poems is Auguries of Innocence , with its memorable opening stanza: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. (Biographie en français) "I do not behold the outward creation... it is a hindrance and not action." Thus William Blakepainter, engraver, and poetexplained why his work was filled with religious visions rather than with subjects from everyday life. Few people in his time realized that Blake expressed these visions with a talent that approached genius. He lived in near poverty and died unrecognized. Today, however, Blake is acclaimed one of England's great figures of art and literature and one of the most inspired and original painters of his time. Blake was born on Nov. 28, 1757, in London. His father ran a hosiery shop. William, the third of five children, went to school only long enough to learn to read and write, and then he worked in the shop until he was 14. When he saw the boy's talent for drawing, Blake's father apprenticed him to an engraver. At 25 Blake married Catherine Boucher. He taught her to read and write and to help him in his work. They had no children. They worked together to produce an edition of Blake's poems and drawings, called

17. William Blake - Biography And Works william blake. Biography of william blake and a searchable collection of works. http://www.online-literature.com/blake/

The Literature Network Authors: 260 Books: 2,260 Forum Members: 41,657 Forum Posts: 465,479 Subscribe Teacher Accounts with student management and more. Home Authors Shakespeare Bible ... William Blake William Blake Search all of William Blake Advanced Search William Blake (1757-1827) , English artist, mystic and poet wrote Songs of Innocence (1789): a poetry collection written from the child’s point of view, of innocent wonderment and spontaneity in natural settings which includes “Little Boy Lost”, “Little Boy Found” and “The Lamb”; Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Gave thee life, and bid thee feed By the stream and o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Songs of Experience (1794) contains many poems in response to ones from Innocence , suggesting ironic contrasts as the child matures and learns of such concepts as fear and envy. For example, to “The Lamb” comes the predatory “The Tyger”; And what shoulder, and what art

18. Welcome To The William Blake Archive A hypermedia archive sponsored by the Library of Congress and supported by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With past support from the http://www.blakearchive.org/

A hypermedia archive sponsored by the Library of Congress and supported by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. With past support from the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia, the Getty Grant Program, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the Preservation and Access Division of the National Endowment for the Humanities, Sun Microsystems, and Inso Corporation. Editors Morris Eaves, University of Rochester Robert Essick, University of California, Riverside Joseph Viscomi, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill WELCOME to the William Blake Archive. We are pleased to offer its resources to you for pleasure, study, or intensive research. (First-time users may wish to read our explanation of the term " Archive For best results, access the Archive with the latest versions of web browsers, and, if possible, set your monitor to gamma 1.8, white point 5000K. For known problems, please see our Help document. If you encounter other problems not mentioned there, please

19. William Blake Includes biography, portrait, and list of selected poems. http://www.poets.org/wblak/

20. William Blake william blake was a poet, illustrator, engraver, draughtsman, writer and painter whose efforts, due to their idiosyncratic and unorthodox nature, http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/blake.html

William Blake images and biography Buying posters via this link helps Artchive - click here! Educators : please ask your finance department to support the Artchive! Just $50 to join the ARTCHIVE PATRON PROGRAM gets your students two copies of the CD-ROM and password access to an online version of the site without ad banners! Purchase orders accepted, or receipts provided for your reimbursement. Thanks for helping to keep the Artchive as an important online resource. VIEW IMAGE LIST "William Blake was a poet, illustrator, engraver, draughtsman, writer and painter whose efforts, due to their idiosyncratic and unorthodox nature, were largely unappreciated in his own lifetime. The knowledge Blake gained from working as an engraver enabled him to produce his own work in which he surrounded one of his poems with his own hand-coloured illustration. A powerful imagination is evident in every aspect of Blake's work. Among his most important works are the Illustrations of the Book of Job (1825), and the hundred or so watercolours to Dante's Divine Comedy ...A deeply mystical man, Blake claimed he had visionary experiences that prompted him to invent his own belief system in which the creator of the universe, whom he renamed

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