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Blake's Poetry and Designs

A Norton Critical Edition
By William Blake
Series: Norton Critical Editions
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Blake's Poetry and Designs presents a rich collection of William Blake's poems alongside over 100 images, including 16 in colour, highlighting the integral role of visual art in his work. The volume offers biographical insights through excerpts from Blake's notebooks, letters, marginalia, and other writings, deepening the reader's understanding of the poet's creative process and life.

It features twenty critical essays spanning from Blake's contemporaries to modern scholars, providing diverse interpretations and context. Additional resources include a detailed chronology, textual notes, a selected bibliography, and an index, making this an invaluable reference for anyone studying Blake's artistry.
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This edition is ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of William Blake seeking comprehensive insight into both his poetry and visual designs. It also serves educators and readers interested in literary criticism and historical context related to Blake's oeuvre.

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The Second Edition of this revered Norton Critical Edition is the most comprehensive introduction to Blake’s poetry and thought available.

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In addition to a broad selection of the poems, the volume includes over 100 images (16 in colour), emphasising the centrality of pictorial representations to Blake's verse.

Biographical context is provided through dozens of excerpts from Blake's notebook, letters, marginalia, and other writings.

Criticism offers twenty wide-ranging commentaries by writers from Blake's contemporaries to present-day critics, among them Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Northrop Frye, Allen Ginsberg, Morris Eaves, Harold Bloom, Alicia Ostriker, John Mee, Saree Makdisi, and Julia Wright.

A section on Textual Technicalities, a Chronology of Blake's life and work, a Selected Bibliography, and an Index of Titles and First Lines are also included.

Series: Norton Critical Editions

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393924985

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 November 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Second Edition

Contributors:

  • Edited by John E. Grant
  • Edited by Mary Lynn Johnson

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 145.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 559g

Pages: 656

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Norton Critical Editions William Blake

About the Author

John E. Grant is Professor Emeritus of English, University of Iowa. He previously taught at the University of Connecticut. His publications include Discussions of William Blake and Blake’s Visionary Forms Dramatic. Mary Lynn Johnson is Special Assistant Emerita, President's Office, University of Iowa. She is the co-author of Blake's ’Four Zoas’: The Design of the Dream.

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