Life of William Blake - Volume 2

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-108-01368-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 671 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Printing and Publishing History

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to the attention of Victorian society by the inclusion of selected writings and artistic works, nearly all previously unpublished.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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gilchrist, Alexander

Gilchrist

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel

Rossetti, William Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Selections edited by Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Poetical Sketches; Songs of Innocence; Songs of Experience; The Book of Thel; Ideas of good and evil; Prose writings; Annotated catalogue of Blake's paintings and drawings by William Michael Rossetti; Account between Blake and Mr. Butts; Lists of engravings; List of writings; Prospectus by Blake issued in 1793; Descriptive notes of the designs to Young's 'Night Thoughts' by Frederic James Shields; Essay on Blake by James Smetham; In memoriam F. O. Finch, by Samuel Palmer; Memoir of Alexander Gilchrist by Anne Gilchrist; Index.