William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself".Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic views, he came to be highly regarded by later critics and readers for his expressiveness and creativity, and for the philosophical and mystical undercurrents within his work. His paintings and poetry have been characterised as part of the Romantic movement and as "Pre-Romantic". A theist who preferred his own Marcionite style of theology, he was hostile to the Church of England (indeed, to almost all forms of organised religion), and was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions. Although later he rejected many of these political beliefs, he maintained an amicable relationship with the political activist Thomas Paine; he was also influenced by thinkers such as Emanuel Swedenborg. Despite these known influences, the singularity of Blake's work makes him difficult to classify. The 19th-century scholar William Michael Rossetti characterised him as a "glorious luminary", and "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors". Provided by Wikipedia
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143by Godwin, William, 1756-1836Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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144by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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145by Bentley, G. E., Jr. (Gerald Eades), 1930-Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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146by Day, Thomas, 1748-1789Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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150by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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151by Gwyther, GeoffreyOther Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
Published 1900
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152Published 1982Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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154by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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155by Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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156by Frayling, ChristopherOther Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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157by Hogarth, William, 1697-1764Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
Published 1965
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158by Milton, John, 1608-1674Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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159by Kay, Ulysses, 1917-1995Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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160by Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768Other Authors: “...Blake, William, 1757-1827...”
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