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Songs of Innocence and of Experience

By William Blake
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Songs of Innocence and of Experience is a collection of William Blake's finest and most cherished poems. This work pairs the purity and imagination of innocence with the hard truths and emotional depth of experience. Presented with faithful reproductions of Blake’s original etched and hand-coloured plates, it reflects his unique fusion of visual art and poetry.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for enthusiasts of poetry, art lovers, and readers interested in classic British literature and Romantic-era works.

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The 54 colour plates reproduced here are the original work of Blake himself, presented with the text of each poem on the verso of each plate. A brief commentary is provided by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, editor of Blake's Complete Writings.

A beautifully illustrated edition of Blake's classic poems of innocence and experience.

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Blake was one of the finest craftsmen of his time, an artist for whom art and poetry were inextricably linked. He was an independent and rebellious thinker, who abhorred pretension and falsity in others.

His Songs of Innocence are products of this innocent imagination untainted by worldliness, while the Songs of Experience resulted from his feelings of indignation and pity for the sufferings of mankind.

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, containing some of Blake's finest and best-loved poems, are presented here in the form which best satisfied the high expectations of his poetic and artistic aspirations.

The fifty-four plates which Blake originally etched and coloured by hand are faithfully reproduced with the same delicacy and dimensions as the artist created them.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780192810892

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 1970

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oxford University Press

Illustration: 54 colour plates, 1 black and white illustration

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Sir Geoffrey Keynes

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 193g

Pages: 160

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