William Blake on his poetry and painting : a study of A descriptive catalogue, other prose writings and Jerusalem

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William Blake on his poetry and painting : a study of A descriptive catalogue, other prose writings and Jerusalem

Hazard Adams

McFarland & Co., Publishers, c2011

  • : softcover : alk. paper

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "Blake was not merely a poet, but a prolific commentator on both his own art and art in general. This is the first text to collect and discuss all of the writings in one volume. Topics include his opinions on his predecessors and his contemporaries, his reaction to critics, and his artistic intentions"--Provided by publisher

Contents of Works

  • Introduction
  • A descriptive catalogue
  • A vision of the Last Judgment
  • A public address
  • On Homer's poetry and On Virgil
  • Laocoön
  • On his arts : in the letters
  • Retrospective : the early tractates
  • On poetry, his poetry, and other poets
  • From the prose to Jerusalem
  • From Jerusalem and the prose to Yeats and Joyce
  • Postscript

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