Author

Contributions

  • Bateson, Frederick Wilse, 1901- - Contributor

Publication

1976 - Heinemann, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

36,000 words, Guess

Page Count

144 pages

Identifiers

and 7 more
  • ISBN-139780435150105
  • Goodreads4338773', '4338775
  • Library of Congress Control Numbera57005669
  • OCLC Control Number154173943
  • Better World BooksKR-333-508
  • Better World Books9780435150112
  • Open LibraryOL22725458M

Classifications

  • LCCPR4142 .B3 1957x

Description

William Blake is one of England’s most fascinating writers; he was not only a groundbreaking poet, but also a painter, engraver, radical, and mystic. Although Blake was dismissed as an eccentric by his contemporaries, his powerful and richly symbolic poetry has been a fertile source of inspiration to the many writers and artists who have followed in his footsteps. In this collection Patti Smith brings together her personal favorites of Blake’s poems, including the complete Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, to give a singular picture of this unique genius, whom she calls in her moving introduction “the spiritual ancestor” of generations of poets.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Poetry bookshelf
  • Blake -- no. 567

Other Editions

  • Selected poems of William BlakeHeinemann1976-01-01
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